# cumin
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English comyn, from Old English cymen (which is cognate with Old High German kumin) and Old French cummin, both from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), a Semitic borrowing ultimately to be traced to Akkadian 𒂵𒈬𒉡 (Ú.GAMUN /⁠kamūnu⁠/, “cumin”). Possibly related to caraway.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkjuːmɪn/, /ˈkʌmɪn/, enPR: kyo͞oʹmĭn, kŭmʹĭn
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈkumɪn/, /ˈkjumɪn/, /ˈkʌmɪn/, /ˈkʊmɪn/, enPR: ko͞oʹmĭn
* Rhymes: -ʌmɪn, -uːmɪn

### Noun

cumin (usually uncountable, plural cumins)
* The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
    Cumin is native to the region from the eastern Mediterranean to India.
* Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.
    Coordinate term: caraway
** 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 269:Cumin was often an ingredient of such love potions since it produced the effect of retention in whoever ate it.

#### Derived terms

* black cumin
* cuminic
* cuminol
* Persian cumin

#### Translations

Arabic: كَمُّون m (kammūn)
Egyptian Arabic: كمون m (kammūn)
Moroccan Arabic: كمون (kamūn)
Armenian: քիմիոն (hy) (kʻimion), չաման (hy) (čʻaman)
Bulgarian: кимион (bg) m (kimion)
Burmese: ဇီရာ (my) (jira)
Catalan: comí (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 孜然 (zh) (zīrán), 安息茴香 (zh) (ānxī huíxiāng), 阿拉伯茴香 (zh) (Ālābó huíxiāng)
Czech: římský kmín m
Danish: spidskommen c
Dutch: komijn (nl) m, kummel (nl) m
Egyptian: (tpnn)
Bohairic: ⲑⲁⲡⲉⲛ (thapen)
Sahidic: ⲧⲁⲡⲉⲛ (tapen), ⲧⲁⲡⲛ (tapn)
Esperanto: kumino
Finnish: roomankumina (fi), juustokumina (fi)
French: cumin (fr) m
Galician: comiño (gl) m
Georgian: ძირა (ʒira), კვლიავი (ḳvliavi), ზირა (zira)
German: Kümmel (de) m, Kreuzkümmel (de) m
Greek: κύμινο (el) n (kýmino)
Ancient: κύμινον n (kúminon)
Mycenaean: 𐀓𐀖𐀜 (ku-mi-no)
Hebrew: כמון (he) m (kamon)
Hindi: ज़ीरा (zīrā), जीरा (hi) (jīrā)
Hungarian: kömény (hu), római kömény (hu)
Ido: kumino (io)
Indonesian: jintan putih (id)
Italian: cumino (it) m
Japanese: クミン (kumin), ヒメウイキョウ (himeikyō)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 커민 (keomin)
Malay: jintan putih (ms)
Maltese: kemmun m
Maori: kumine
Marathi: जिरे n (jire)
Mongolian: гоньд (mn) (gonʹd)
Norwegian: karve (no), spisskarve, spisskummen
Persian: زیره (fa) (zire)
Polish: kmin rzymski (pl) m
Portuguese: cominho m
Romanian: chimion (ro) m
Russian: зи́ра (ru) f (zíra)
Sicilian: ciminu (scn) m
Spanish: comino (es) m
Swahili: mjira
Swedish: kummin (sv) n, spiskummin (sv) n
Tagalog: komino
Tamil: சீரகம் (ta) (cīrakam)
Thai: เทียนขาว (tian kăao)
Turkish: kimyon (tr)
Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: thì là Ai Cập
Volapük: komenaplan
Yiddish: קמיניק m (kminik) :
Afrikaans: komyn, jeera
Arabic: كَمُّون m (kammūn)
Egyptian Arabic: كمون m (kammūn)
Moroccan Arabic: كمون (kamūn)
Aramaic:
Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܟܡܘܢܐ m
Classical Syriac: ܟܲܡܘܼܢܵܐ m (kammūnāʾ)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כַּמּוֹנָא m (kammōnāʾ), כְּמוֹנָא m (kəmōnāʾ)
Jewish Literary Aramaic: כַּמּוּנָא m (kammūnāʾ)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: כמונא m
Armenian: քիմիոն (hy) (kʻimion), չաման (hy) (čʻaman)
Bengali: জিরা (bn) (jira)
Bulgarian: кимион (bg) m (kimion)
Burmese: ဇီရာစေ့ (jirace.)
Catalan: comí (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 孜然 (zh) (zīrán), 安息茴香 (zh) (ānxī huíxiāng), 阿拉伯茴香 (zh) (Ālābó huíxiāng)
Classical Mandaic: ࡊࡀࡌࡅࡍࡀ m
Czech: římský kmín m
Danish: spidskommen c
Dutch: komijn (nl) m, komijnzaad (nl) n, kummel (nl) m, djinten, djiera (Suriname)
Egyptian: (tpnn)
Bohairic: ⲑⲁⲡⲉⲛ (thapen)
Sahidic: ⲧⲁⲡⲉⲛ (tapen), ⲧⲁⲡⲛ (tapn)
Finnish: juustokumina (fi), jeera (fi)
French: cumin (fr) m
Galician: comiño (gl) m
Georgian: კვლიავი (ḳvliavi), ძირა (ʒira), ზირა (zira)
German: Kreuzkümmel (de) m
Greek: κύμινο (el) n (kýmino)
Ancient: κύμινον n (kúminon)
Mycenaean: 𐀓𐀖𐀜 (ku-mi-no)
Gujarati: જીરું n (jīrũ)
Hawaiian: kumino
Hebrew: כַמּוֹן (he) m (kamón, kammon)
Hindi: ज़ीरा (zīrā), जीरा (hi) (jīrā)
Hungarian: római kömény (hu)
Icelandic: broddkúmen n
Italian: cumino (it) m
Japanese: クミンの実 (kumin no mi)
Kannada: ಜೀರಿಗೆ (kn) (jīrige)
Latin: cumīnum n
Malayalam: ജീരകം (ml) (jīrakaṁ)
Marathi: जिरे n (jire)
Norwegian: spisskummen, spisskarve
Persian: زیره (fa) (zire)
Phoenician: 𐤊𐤌𐤍 m (kmn)
Polish: kminek (pl) m
Portuguese: cominho m
Punic: 𐤊𐤌𐤍 m (kmn)
Punjabi: ਜੀਰਾ m (jīrā)
Romanian: chimion (ro) m
Russian: зи́ра (ru) f (zíra)
Sanskrit: दृता (sa) (dṛtā), जीरक (sa) (jīraka), दीर्घजीरक (sa) (dīrghajīraka), वह्निसख (sa) (vahnisakha), जिरण (sa) (jiraṇa), अजाजि (sa) (ajāji)
Sinhalese: සූදුරු (sūduru)
Slovak: rímska rasca f
Spanish: comino (es) m
Swahili: jira class 9/10
Swedish: spiskummin (sv) n
Tagalog: komino
Tamil: சீரகம் (ta) (cīrakam)
Thai: ยี่หร่า (yîi ràa)
Tibetan: གོ་སྙོད (go snyod)
Tocharian B: ayājñi
Turkish: kimyon (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎎𐎐 (kmn)
Uyghur: زىرە (zire)
Vietnamese: cây thì là
Welsh: cwmin m
Yiddish: קמיניק m (kminik) :
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### See also

* ground

### References

* ↑ “cumin”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* ↑ “cumin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* ↑ Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57

### Anagrams

* Numic, mucin

## French
### Etymology

From Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), itself of Semitic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ky.mɛ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cumin m (plural cumins)
* the plant cumin
* Its seed, a spice

### Further reading

* “cumin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* cumün (Vallader)

### Etymology

From Medieval Latin commūnia, neuter plural of Latin commūnis.

### Noun

cumin m (plural cumins)
* (Rumantsch Grischun) village

#### Synonyms

* (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) vischnanca
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) vitg