חומוס
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ, “chickpea; hummus”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
חוּמוּס • (khúmus) m
- Hummus: a food made from ground chickpeas and other ingredients.
- Chickpeas, garbanzo beans: the principal ingredient of this food.
- 2012 November 22, Orit Ofir (אורית אופיר), “מרזה ומלא סידן: למה החומוס בריא לכם” (m'razé umalé sidán: láma hakhúmus barí lakhém, “Slimming and full of calcium: why the chickpea is good for you”), in Ynet:
- חומוס הוא אחת הקטניות הראשונות ששימשו למאכל אדם, […]
- khúmus hú akhát hakitniyót harishonót sheshim'shú l'ma'akhál-adám, […]
The chickpea was one of the first legumes to be used as human food, […]
- khúmus hú akhát hakitniyót harishonót sheshim'shú l'ma'akhál-adám, […]
- 2012 November 22, Orit Ofir (אורית אופיר), “מרזה ומלא סידן: למה החומוס בריא לכם” (m'razé umalé sidán: láma hakhúmus barí lakhém, “Slimming and full of calcium: why the chickpea is good for you”), in Ynet:
Usage notes[edit]
- Arguably, chickpeas are more properly referred to as גַּרְגְּרֵי חִמְצָה (garg'réi khimtsá); however, חומוס is the common and widely-understood term for them.
Synonyms[edit]
- (chickpea): חימצה / חִמְצָה (khimtsá)