sesame

See also: sésame

English

sesame seeds

Etymology

From Middle English sysame, from Latin sīsamum, sēsamum, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon), from Aramaic שושמא‎ (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא‎ (šumššumā), from Akkadian 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 (šamaššammū, “oil plant”), compound of 𒉌𒄑 (šaman, “oil”) and 𒌑 (šammum, “plant”). The modern pronunciation is influenced by Ancient Greek σησάμη (sēsámē), variant of σήσαμον (sḗsamon).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛsəmi/, /ˈsɛz-/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛsəmi/

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• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛsəm/, /ˈsiːsəm/
• Rhymes: -ɛsəmɪ
• Hyphenation: ses‧a‧me

Noun

sesame (countable and uncountable, plural sesames)

1. A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.

   Synonyms: beniseed, gingelly

2. The seed of this plant.

   Synonym: sesame seed

   • 2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook‎^[1], Random House, →ISBN, page 79:

     First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.

Derived terms

• black sesame soup
• open sesame
• sesame grass
• sesame leaf
• sesame oil
• sesame seed

 

Translations

plant

• Afar: simsím m
• Arabic: سِمْسِم‎ m (simsim)
• Armenian: շուշմա (hy) (šušma), քնջութ (hy) (kʿnǰutʿ)
• Assamese: তিল (til)
• Bengali: তিল (bn) (til)
• Bulgarian: сусам m (susam)
• Burmese: နှမ်း (my) (hnam:)
• Buryat: гүнжэд (günžed)
• Catalan: sèsam m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芝麻 (zi¹ maa⁴)

  Mandarin: 芝麻 (zh) (zhīma), 胡麻 (zh) (húmá)

  Min Dong: 芝麻 (ciĕ-muài), 油麻 (iù-muài)

  Min Nan: 麻 (môa), 油麻 (iû-môa)

• Danish: sesam (da) c
• Daur: bal (black), cigaa bal (white)
• Dutch: sesam (nl) c
• Faroese: sesam n
• Finnish: seesami (fi)
• French: sésame (fr) m
• Galician: sésamo (gl) m
• Georgian: სეზამი (sezami), ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi)
• German: Sesam (de) m
• Greek: σουσαμιά (el) f (sousamiá)

  Ancient: σησάμη f (sēsámē)

• Hebrew: סומסום‎ (he) (sumsum)
• Hindi: तिल (hi) m (til), तील (hi) m (tīl), पवित्र (hi) m (pavitra), पितृतर्पण (hi) m (pitŕtarpaṇ), पापघ्न (hi) m (pāpaghna), पूतधान्य (hi) m (pūtdhānya), जटिल (hi) m (jaṭil), स्नेहफल (hi) m (snehphal), तैलफल (hi) m (tailphal), हेमधान्य (hi) m (hemdhānya)
• Hungarian: szezám (hu)
• Indonesian: wijen (id), bijan (id), sesam (id)
• Irish: seasaman m
• Italian: sesamo (it) m
• Japanese: 胡麻 (ja) (ごま, goma)
• Khmer: ល្ង (km) (lngɔɔ)
• Korean: 참깨 (ko) (chamkkae)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kuncî (ku) f

• Lao: ງາ (ngā)
• Latin: sēsamum n
• Macedonian: сусам m (susam)
• Malay: bijan (ms), lenga
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ (malanggū)
• Maori: hehame
• Mon: လ္ၚဴ (mnw)
• Mongolian: гүнжид (mn) (günžid)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sesam m

  Nynorsk: sesam m

• Pali: tila n
• Persian: کنجد‎ (fa) (konjed)
• Polish: sezam (pl) m
• Portuguese: sésamo m, gergelim (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਤਿਲ (pa) m (til)
• Romanian: susan (ro) m, sesam (ro) m
• Russian: сеза́м (ru) m (sezám), сим-си́м m (sim-sím), кунжу́т (ru) m (kunžút)
• Sanskrit: तिल (sa) m (tila)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сусам m

  Roman: susam m

• Shan: ငႃး (shn) (ngáa)
• Sicilian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: sésamo (es) m
• Swedish: sesam c
• Tagalog: linga
• Tai Nüa: ᥒᥣᥰ (ngäa)
• Tajik: кунҷид (tg) (kunjid)
• Thai: งา (th) (ngaa)
• Turkish: susam (tr)
• Urdu: تل‎ m (til)
• Vietnamese: mè (vi), vừng (vi)
• Volapük: sesam
• Welsh: sesame m
• Yiddish: סומסום‎ (sumsum), קונזשוט‎ (kunzhut)

seed

• Afar: simsím m
• Arabic: سِمْسِم‎ m (simsim)
• Armenian: շուշմա (hy) (šušma), քնջութ (hy) (kʿnǰutʿ)
• Assamese: তিল (til)
• Azerbaijani: küncüd (az)
• Bulgarian: сусам m (susam)
• Burmese: နှမ်းစေ့ (hnam:ce.)
• Catalan: sèsam m
• Cebuano: lunga
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芝麻 (zi¹ maa⁴)

  Mandarin: 芝麻 (zh) (zhīmá), 脂麻 (zh) (zhīmá), 胡麻 (zh) (húmá), 油麻 (zh) (yóumá)

  Min Dong: 芝麻 (ciĕ-muài), 油麻 (iù-muài)

  Min Nan: 麻 (môa), 油麻 (iû-môa)

• Danish: sesamfrø n, sesam (da) c
• Dutch: sesam (nl) c, sesamzaad (nl) n
• Faroese: sesamfræ n
• Finnish: seesaminsiemen (fi)
• German: Sesam (de), Sesamsamen
• Greek: σουσάμι (el) n (sousámi)

  Ancient: σήσαμον n (sḗsamon)

• Hebrew: שמשום‎
• Hindi: तिल (hi) m (til), तील (hi) m (tīl), पवित्र (hi) m (pavitra), पितृतर्पण (hi) m (pitŕtarpaṇ), पापघ्न (hi) m (pāpaghna), पूतधान्य (hi) m (pūtdhānya), जटिल (hi) m (jaṭil), स्नेहफल (hi) m (snehphal), तैलफल (hi) m (tailphal), हेमधान्य (hi) m (hemdhānya)
• Hungarian: szezámmag (hu)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 胡麻 (ja) (ごま, goma)
• Kannada: ಎಳ್ಳು (kn) (eḷḷu)
• Kazakh: күнжіт (künjıt)
• Khmer: ល្ង (km) (lngɔɔ)
• Korean: 참깨 (ko) (chamkkae)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کونجی‎ (kuncî)

  Northern Kurdish: kuncî (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: күнжүт (künjüt)
• Lao: ງາ (ngā)
• Latin: sēsamum n
• Macedonian: сусам m (susam)
• Malay: lenga, bijan (ms)
• Malayalam: എള്ള് (ml) (eḷḷŭ)
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ (malanggū)
• Maranao: lenga
• Mon: မလ္ၚဴ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sesam m, sesamfrø n

  Nynorsk: sesam m, sesamfrø n

• Pali: tila n
• Persian: کنجد‎ (fa) (konjed)
• Polish: sezam (pl) m
• Portuguese: sésamo m, gergelim (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਤਿਲ (pa) m (til)
• Romanian: susan (ro) m, sesam (ro) m
• Russian: сеза́м (ru) m (sezám), сим-си́м m (sim-sím), кунжут (ru) m (kunžut)
• Sanskrit: तिल (sa) m (tila)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сусам m

  Roman: susam m

• Sicilian: ciciulena (scn) f, giurgiulena (scn) f
• Spanish: ajonjolí (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: abongra
• Swedish: sesam c, sesamfrö (sv) n
• Tagalog: linga
• Tajik: кунҷид (tg) (kunjid)
• Tamil: எள் (ta) (eḷ)
• Tausug: lunga
• Telugu: నువ్వులు (te) (nuvvulu)
• Thai: งา (th) (ngaa)
• Tocharian B: kuñcit
• Tulu: ಎಣ್ಮೆ (eṇme)
• Turkish: susam (tr)
• Turkmen: künji
• Urdu: تل‎ m
• Uyghur: كۈنجۈت‎ (künjüt)
• Uzbek: kunjut (uz)
• Vietnamese: mè (vi), vừng (vi)
• Volapük: sesamasid, sesamasids
• Yiddish: סומסום‎ (sumsum), קונזשוט‎ (kunzhut)

Anagrams

• EMASes, Emessa, Essame, Maeses, Meases, ameses, meases