tahini

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Alternative forms

• tehina

Etymology

From Arabic طحينة (ṭaḥīna), from the root ط ح ن (ṭ-ḥ-n) related to grinding.

Final -i most probably from Levantine dialects or from Greek ταχίνι

Noun

tahini (uncountable)

1. A paste made from ground sesame seeds; used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.

Translations

sesame paste

• Arabic: طحينة (ar) (ṭaḥīna) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芝麻酱 (cmn) (zhīmajiàng)

• Esperanto: sezama pasto (eo)
• French: tahini (fr)
• German: tahina (de)
• Greek: ταχίνι (el) (takhíni) 
• Hebrew: טחינה (he) (tekhína) f

• Hindi: ताहिनी (hi)
• Italian: tahina (it)
• Japanese: 芝麻醤 (ja) (chīmājan)
• Polish: tahini (pl)
• Portuguese: tahine (pt)
• Russian: тахини (ru) (taxini) 
• Spanish: tahina (es)
• Turkish: tahin (tr)