sesame

See also: sésame

English

sesame seeds

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σησάμη (sēsámē). Earlier (1425) Middle English sisamie, from Middle French sisame, learned borrowing from Latin sīsamum, variant of sēsama, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon, “sesame seed”) and σησάμη (sēsámē, “sesame plant”), from Old Aramaic שושמא‎ (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא‎ (šumššumā), from Akkadian (Assyrian) [script needed] (šamaššammū), [script needed] (šamaššammi, literally “oil plant”), compound of [script needed] (šaman, “oil”) and [script needed] (šammu, “plant”).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛzəmi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛsəmi/
• 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

Derived terms

• open sesame
• sesame grass

Translations

plant

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

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

• 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 m
• Georgian: სეზამი (sezami), ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi)
• German: Sesam (de) m
• Greek: σουσαμιά (el) f (sousamiá)

  Ancient Greek: σησάμη f (sēsámē)

• Hebrew: סומסום‎ (he) (sumsum)
• Hindi: तिल (hi) m (til)
• Hungarian: szezám (hu)
• Italian: sesamo (it) m
• Japanese: 胡麻 (ja) (ごま, goma)

• Khmer: ល្ង (km) (lngɔɔ)
• Korean: 참깨 (ko) (chamkkae)
• Lao: ງາ (ngā)
• Macedonian: сусам m (susam)
• Malay: bijan, lenga
• Mongolian: гүнжид (mn) (günžid)
• 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)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сусам m

  Roman: susam m

• Shan: ငႃး (ŋaa4)
• Spanish: sésamo (es) m
• Tagalog: linga
• Tajik: кунҷид (tg) (kunjid)
• Thai: งา (th) (ngaa)
• Turkish: susam (tr)
• Urdu: تل‎ m (til)
• Vietnamese: mè (vi), vừng (vi)
• Volapük: sesam

seed

• Arabic: سِمْسِم‎ m (simsim)
• Armenian: շուշմա (hy) (šušma), քնջութ (hy) (kʿnǰutʿ)
• Bulgarian: сусам m (susam)
• Catalan: sèsam m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芝麻 (zi¹ maa⁴)

  Mandarin: 芝麻 (zh) (zhīmá)

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

  Ancient Greek: σήσαμον n (sḗsamon)

• Hungarian: szezámmag
• Japanese: 胡麻 (ja) (ごま, goma)
• Khmer: ល្ង (km) (lngɔɔ)
• Korean: 참깨 (ko) (chamkkae)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کونجی‎ (ku) (kuncî)

• Lao: ງາ (ngā)
• Macedonian: сусам m (susam)
• Persian: کنجد‎ (fa) (konjed)
• Polish: sezam (pl) m
• Portuguese: sésamo m, gergelim (pt) m
• Romanian: susan (ro) m, sesam (ro) m
• Russian: сеза́м (ru) m (sezám), сим-си́м m (sim-sím)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сусам m

  Roman: susam m

• Spanish: ajonjolí (es) m
• Tagalog: linga
• Tajik: кунҷид (tg) (kunjid)
• Telugu: నువ్వులు (te) (nuvvulu)
• Thai: งา (th) (ngaa)
• Turkish: susam (tr)
• Vietnamese: mè (vi), vừng (vi)
• Volapük: sesamasid, sesamasids

Anagrams

• Maeses, Meases, ameses, meases