sesame

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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).^[1]

sesame (countable and uncountable, plural sesames)

A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.
Synonyms: beniseed, gingelly
The seed of this plant.
- 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.
Synonym: sesame seed

plant

Afar: simsím m
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: 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)
Lao: ງາ (ngā)
Latin: sēsamum n
Macedonian: сусам m (susam)

seed

Afar: simsím m
Arabic: سِمْسِم‎ m (simsim)
Armenian: շուշմա (hy) (šušma), քնջութ (hy) (kʿnǰutʿ)
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)
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)
Japanese: 胡麻 (ja) (ごま, goma)
Kannada: ಎಳ್ಳು (kn) (eḷḷu)
Khmer: ល្ង (km) (lngɔɔ)
Korean: 참깨 (ko) (chamkkae)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کونجی‎ (ku) (kuncî)
Lao: ງາ (ngā)
Latin: sēsamum n
Macedonian: сусам m (susam)
Malayalam: എള്ള് (ml) (eḷḷŭ)
Manchu: ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ (malanggū)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Sesame”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 523, column 1.