sesame
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From late Middle English sisamie, 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 perhaps influenced by (transliterations of) Greek σησάμη (sisámi). Doublet of sesamum.
Inflected forms:
form: sesames
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sesamé
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sesamë
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The seed of this plant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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 words: black sesame soup
open sesame
sesame dot
sesame grass
sesame leaf
sesame oil
sesame seed
sesamin
sesamoid
sesamol
sesamolin
Translations:
lang: Afar
word: simsím
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬
roman: šamaššammū
lang: Arabic
word: سِمْسِم
roman: simsim
lang: Armenian
word: շուշմա
roman: šušma
lang: Armenian
word: քնջութ
roman: kʻnǰutʻ
lang: Assamese
word: তিল
roman: til
lang: Azerbaijani
word: küncüt
lang: Bengali
word: তিল
roman: til
lang: Bulgarian
word: сусам
roman: susam
lang: Burmese
word: နှမ်း
roman: hnam:
lang: Buryat
word: гүнжэд
roman: günžed
lang: Catalan
word: sèsam
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 芝麻
roman: zi¹ maa⁴
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 芝麻
roman: ciĕ-muài
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 油麻
roman: iù-muài
lang: Chinese
word: 麻
roman: môa
lang: Chinese
word: 油麻
roman: iû-môa
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 芝麻
roman: zhīmá
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 胡麻
roman: húmá
lang: Danish
word: sesam
lang: Daur
word: bal
lang: Daur
word: cigaa bal
lang: Dutch
word: sesam
lang: Faroese
word: sesam
lang: Finnish
word: seesami
lang: French
word: sésame
lang: Galician
word: sésamo
lang: Georgian
word: სეზამი
roman: sezami
lang: Georgian
word: ქუნჯუტი
roman: kunǯuṭi
lang: German
word: Sesam
lang: Greek
word: σουσαμιά
roman: sousamiá
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σησάμη
roman: sēsámē
lang: Hebrew
word: סומסום
roman: sumsum
lang: Hindi
word: तिल
roman: til
lang: Hindi
word: तील
roman: tīl
lang: Hindi
word: पवित्र
roman: pavitra
lang: Hindi
word: पितृतर्पण
roman: pitŕtarpaṇ
lang: Hindi
word: पापघ्न
roman: pāpaghna
lang: Hindi
word: पूतधान्य
roman: pūtdhānya
lang: Hindi
word: जटिल
roman: jaṭil
lang: Hindi
word: स्नेहफल
roman: snehphal
lang: Hindi
word: तैलफल
roman: tailphal
lang: Hindi
word: हेमधान्य
roman: hemdhānya
lang: Hittite
word: 𒊭𒀊𒊭𒈠
roman: šapšama-
lang: Hungarian
word: szezám
lang: Hurrian
word: 𒋗𒈪𒋗𒈪
roman: šumišumi
lang: Indonesian
word: wijen
lang: Indonesian
word: bijan
lang: Indonesian
word: sesam
lang: Irish
word: seasaman
lang: Italian
word: sesamo
lang: Japanese
word: 胡麻
roman: goma
lang: Khmer
word: ល្ង
roman: lngɔɔ
lang: Korean
word: 참깨
roman: chamkkae
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kuncî
lang: Lao
word: ງາ
roman: ngā
lang: Latin
word: sēsamum
lang: Macedonian
word: сусам
roman: susam
lang: Malay
word: bijan
lang: Malay
word: lenga
lang: Manchu
word: ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ
roman: malanggū
lang: Māori
word: hehame
lang: Mon
word: လ္ၚဴ
lang: Mongolian
word: гүнжид
roman: günžid
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sesam
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sesam
lang: Pali
word: tila
lang: Persian
word: کنجد
roman: konjed
lang: Polish
word: sezam
lang: Portuguese
word: sésamo
lang: Portuguese
word: gergelim
lang: Punjabi
word: ਤਿਲ
roman: til
lang: Romanian
word: susan
lang: Romanian
word: sesam
lang: Russian
word: сеза́м
roman: sezám
lang: Russian
word: сим-си́м
roman: sim-sím
lang: Russian
word: кунжу́т
roman: kunžút
lang: Sanskrit
word: तिल
roman: tila
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сусам
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: susam
lang: Shan
word: ငႃး
roman: ngáa
lang: Spanish
word: sésamo
lang: Swedish
word: sesam
lang: Tagalog
word: linga
lang: Tai Nüa
word: ᥒᥣᥰ
roman: ngäa
lang: Tajik
word: кунҷид
roman: kunjid
lang: Tamil
word: எள்
roman: eḷ
lang: Thai
word: งา
roman: ngaa
lang: Tibetan
word: ཏིལ
roman: til
lang: Turkish
word: susam
lang: Tyap
word: kuut
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎌𐎌𐎎𐎐
roman: ššmn
lang: Urdu
word: تل
roman: til
lang: Urdu
word: سِمْسِم
roman: simsim
lang: Vietnamese
word: mè
lang: Vietnamese
word: vừng
lang: Volapük
word: sesam
lang: Welsh
word: sesame
lang: Yiddish
word: סומסום
roman: sumsum
lang: Yiddish
word: קונזשוט
roman: kunzhut