nigella

See also: Nigella

English

Nigella

Etymology

From the genus name. Doublet of nielle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɛlə/

Noun

nigella (plural nigellas)

1. Any plant of the genus Nigella of about twelve species of annual flowering plants, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour but also found in shades of pink, white and pale purple.
2. The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice.

Synonyms

Nigella seed

• (flower): love-in-a-mist
• (spice): black onion seed, onion seed, kalonji

Derived terms

• nigelline
• nigellone

Translations

flower

• Amharic: ጥቁር አዝሙድ (ṭəḳur ʾäzmud)
• Arabic: شُونِيز m (šūnīz), كَمُّون أَسْوَد m (kammūn ʔaswad)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: чо́рны кмен m (čórny kmjen)
• Bulgarian: челебитка f (čelebitka), чѐрен кимио̀н m (čèren kimiòn), чѐрен суса̀м m (čèren susàm)
• Czech: černucha setá f, černý kmín m
• Estonian: must köömne
• Finnish: mustakumina, ryytineito
• French: nigelle (fr) f, poivrette (fr) f, cumin noir (fr) m
• German: Schwarzkümmel (de) m, Jungfer im Grünen (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: μελάνθιον n (melánthion)

  Modern: μαύρο κύμινο n (maúro kúmino)

• Hindi: कलौंजी (hi) (kalauñjī), कलोंजी (kaloñjī)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕەشکە (reşke)

• Latvian: melna ķimenes f, melnsēklīte
• Lithuanian: juodgrūdė
• Macedonian: црно семе n (crno seme)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svartkarve m

  Nynorsk: svartkarve m

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• Polish: czarnuszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cominho preto m
• Punjabi: ਕਲੌਂਜੀ (kalauñjī)
• Romanian: chica-voinicului (ro) f, chimen negru
• Russian: черну́шка (ru) f (černúška), черну́ха (ru) f (černúxa), калинджи (ru) m (kalindži), чёрный тмин (ru) m (čórnyj tmin)
• Serbo-Croatian: cr̀njika f (Croatia, Bosnia, used in Serbia in the form cr̀nika for the holm oak), mačkov bȓk m (Serbia), crno sȅme n (Serbia), cȓnī kùmīn m (Serbia), cȓnī kȉm (Serbia, Bosnia), crni sùsam (Serbia), čorokot (Bosnia), ćurokot m (Bosnia), ćurukot (Serbia, Bosnia), ćurekot m (Bosnia, Serbia)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: čornucha f

• Slovak: černuška f, čierna rasca f, čierny kmín m
• Slovene: črníka (sl) f
• Spanish: comino negro m, ajenuz (es), arañuela f
• Swedish: svartkummin c
• Tamil: கருஞ்சீரகம் (ta) (karuñcīrakam)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เทียนดำ
• Turkish: çörekotu (tr), çöreotu, siyah kimyon, siyah susam
• Ukrainian: чорну́шка f (čornúška), чо́рний кмин m (čórnyj kmyn)

spice

• Akkadian: 𒍣𒉈𒉈𒀀𒉡 m (zi-bi₂-bi₂-a-nu /⁠zibibiānu, sibibiānu⁠/)
• Amharic: ጥቁር አዝሙድ (ṭəḳur ʾäzmud)
• Arabic: شُونِيز m (šūnīz), حَبَّةُ سَوْدَاءُ m (ḥabbatu sawdāʔu), كَمُّون أَسْوَد m (kammūn ʔaswad), قِزْح m (qizḥ)
• Aramaic:

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: קִיצְחָא m (qiṣḥā)

  Classical Syriac: ܫܒܵܒܘܼܢܵܐ m (šbābōnā)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: чо́рны кмен m (čórny kmjen)
• Bengali: কালো জিরা (kalō jira), কালোজিরা (kalōjira)
• Bulgarian: чѐрен кимио̀н m (čèren kimiòn), чѐрен суса̀м m (čèren susàm)
• Czech: černý kmín m
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• French: cumin noir (fr) m, graine de nigelle f
• German: Schwarzkümmel (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: μελάνθιον n (melánthion)

  Modern: μαύρο κύμινο n (maúro kúmino)

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: קֶצַח (he) m (qéṣaḥ), כַּמּוֹן שָׁחֹור m or m (kammṓn šāḥṓr)
• Hindi: काला जीरा m (kālā jīrā), कलौंजी (hi) (kalauñjī), कलोंजी (kaloñjī)
• Indonesian: jintan hitam (id), habbatussauda
• Kazakh: қара зере (qara zere)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: melna ķimenes f, melnsēklīte
• Lithuanian: juodgrūdė
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• Macedonian: црно семе n (crno seme)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svartkarve m

  Nynorsk: svartkarve m

• Persian: سیاه‌دانه (siyâh-dâne), شونیز (fa) (šuniz)
• Polish: czarnuszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cominho preto m
• Punjabi: ਕਲੌਂਜੀ (kalauñjī)
• Romanian: negrușcă (ro) f, negrilică (ro) f, chimen negru
• Russian: черну́шка (ru) f (černúška), черну́ха (ru) f (černúxa), калинджи (ru) m (kalindži), чёрный тмин (ru) m (čórnyj tmin)
• Serbo-Croatian: cr̀njika f (Croatia, Bosnia, used in Serbia in the form cr̀nika for the holm oak), mačkov bȓk m (Serbia), crno sȅme n (Serbia), cȓnī kùmīn m (Serbia), cȓnī kȉm (Serbia, Bosnia), crni sùsam (Serbia), čorokot (Bosnia), ćurokot m (Bosnia), ćurukot (Serbia, Bosnia), ćurekot m (Bosnia, Serbia)
• Slovak: čierna rasca f, čierny kmín m
• Spanish: comino negro m, ajenuz (es)
• Swedish: svartkummin c
• Tamil: கருஞ்சீரகம் (ta) (karuñcīrakam)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เทียนดำ
• Tigrinya: please add this translation if you can
• Tigre: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: çörek otu (tr), siyah kimyon, siyah susam
• Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
• Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎁𐎁𐎊𐎐 m (sbbyn), 𐎖𐎕𐎈 m (qṣḥ)
• Ukrainian: чорну́шка f (čornúška), чо́рний кмин m (čórnyj kmyn)
• Vietnamese: hạt đen, thì là đen

Further reading

• nigella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• nigella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:nigella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Gallien, Langlie, gallein, galline, liangle

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Italian

Etymology

From Scientific Latin, from Late Latin nigella, from the feminine of Latin nigellus. Cf. also niello.

Noun

nigella f (plural nigelle)

1. nigella