chickpea

See also: chick-pea

English[edit]

chickpea pods with chickpeas inside

Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).

chickpea (plural chickpeas)

An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo bean

Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content.

plant

Albanian: qiqër (sq)
Arabic: حِمِّص‎ m (ḥimmiṣ)
Egyptian Arabic: حمص‎ m pl (ḥumuṣ)

Moroccan Arabic: حمص‎ m (ḥammaṣ, ḥummuṣ)
Armenian: սիսեռ (hy) (siseṙ)
Old Armenian: սիսեռն (siseṙn)
Aromanian: tseatsiri f, arivitclju n
Assamese: বুট গছ (but gos)
Asturian: garbanzu m
Azerbaijani: noxud (az)
Bulgarian: нахут m (nahut), леблебия f (leblebija)
Catalan: cigronera f, (Algherese) ciuró (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鷹嘴豆 (zh), 鹰嘴豆 (zh) (yīngzuǐdòu)
Crimean Tatar: nohut
Czech: cizrna (cs) f
Danish: kikært c
Dutch: kikkererwt (nl) c
Estonian: kikerhernes
Finnish: kikherne (fi)
French: pois chiche (fr)
Friulian: piçûl m
Galician: garavanzo (gl) m
Gallurese: fasgiolu tundu

Georgian: მუხუდო (muxudo)
Greek: ρεβιθιά (el) f (revithiá)
Hebrew: חומוס‎ (he) m (ḥumuṣ)
Hungarian: csicseriborsó (hu)
Icelandic: kjúklingabaun f
Ido: garbanzo (io)
Interlingua: cice
Irish: sicphiseánach m
Italian: cece (it)
Macedonian: леблебија f (leblebija), наут m (naut), слануток m (slanutok)
Maltese: ċiċra f
Polish: ciecierzyca (pl) f
Portuguese: grão-de-bico (pt) m
Romanian: năut (ro) m
Russian: нут (ru) m (nut), туре́цкий горо́х m (turéckij goróx), наха́т m (naxát), хуму́с (ru) m (xumús), бара́ний горо́х m (baránij goróx)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: cìxiri

Logudorese: basolu pittudu
Sassarese: fasgiorutòndu
Serbo-Croatian: slanutak (sh) m, сланутак m, leblebija (sh) f, леблебија f
Spanish: garbanzo (es) m
Swedish: kikärt (sv) c
Tagalog: garbansos
Turkish: nohut (tr)
Venetian: cexarìna f, pixól
Walloon: garvane (wa) f, poes d' souke (wa) m

seed

Akkadian: 𒄬𒇻𒊒 (ḫallūru)
Albanian: qiqër (sq)
Arabic: حِمِّص‎ m (ḥimmiṣ)
Egyptian Arabic: حمص‎ m pl (ḥumuṣ)

Moroccan Arabic: حمص‎ m (ḥammaṣ, ḥummuṣ)
Armenian: սիսեռ (hy) (siseṙ)
Old Armenian: սիսեռն (siseṙn)
Aromanian: tseatsiri f, arivitclju n
Assamese: বুট (but)
Asturian: garbanzu m
Basque: txitxirio, garbantzu
Bulgarian: нахут m (nahut), леблебия f (leblebija)
Burmese: ကုလားပဲ (my) (ku.la:pai:), ပဲခြမ်း (my) (pai:hkram:), ပဲဆန် (my) (pai:hcan)
Catalan: cigró (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 雞心豆, 鸡心豆 (gai¹ sam¹ dau^6-2), 三角豆 (saam¹ gok³ dau^6-2)

Mandarin: 鷹嘴豆 (zh), 鹰嘴豆 (zh) (yīngzuǐdòu)
Czech: cizrna (cs) f
Dalmatian: cič m
Danish: kikært c, kikærter pl
Dutch: kikkererwt (nl), keker (nl), kekererwt (nl), Spaanse erwt, kreukerwt
Estonian: kikerhernes
Faroese: kikertur m
Finnish: kikherne (fi), kahviherne (fi)
French: pois chiche (fr) m
Galician: garavanzo (gl) m
Gallurese: fasgiolu tundu
Georgian: მუხუდო (muxudo)
German: Kichererbse (de) f
Greek: ρεβίθι (el) n (revíthi)
Ancient: ἐρέβινθος m (erébinthos)
Hebrew: הומוס‎ m (humouss)
Hindi: काबुली चना m (kābulī canā), काबूली (hi) m (kābūlī), छोला (hi) m (cholā), चना (hi) m (canā)
Hungarian: csicseriborsó (hu)
Icelandic: kjúklingabaun f