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A resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: asant, hing, devil's dung, stinking gum
Antonyms: none provided
the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: asafetida
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural resin
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin asafoetida, from Persian ازا / آزا (azâ, âzâ, “mastic”) + Latin foetida, feminine of foetidus (“bad-smelling”).
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
duiwelsdrek
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Arabic:
حِلْتِيت
(ḥiltīt)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Armenian:
քաղբան
(kʻaġban)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Armenian:
անգուժատ
(angužat)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Middle Armenian:
անգուժատ
(angužat)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Middle Armenian:
մաղթ
(maġtʻ)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Balinese:
hinggu
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Burmese:
ရှိန်းခို
(hrin:hkui)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Dutch:
duivelsdrek
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Finnish:
hajupihka
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Finnish:
pirunpihka
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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French:
ase fétide
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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German:
Asant
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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German:
Teufelsdreck
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Gujarati:
હિંગ
(hiṅg)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Hindi:
हींग
(hīṅg)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Hindi:
हीँग
(hī̃g)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Hindi:
हिंग
(hiṅg)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Hungarian:
bűzös husáng
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Hungarian:
bűzös aszat
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Icelandic:
djöflatað
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Italian:
assafetida
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Jingpho:
hkying hku
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Kannada:
ಇಂಗು
(iṅgu)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Kazakh:
кеурексасыр
(keureksasyr)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Lao:
ມະຫາຫິງ
(ma hā hing)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Low German:
düwelsdreck
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Malayalam:
കായം
(kāyaṁ)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Marathi:
हिंग
(hiṅga)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Mon:
ၚု
(ŋùˀ)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Nepali:
हिङ
(hiṅ)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dyvelsdrek
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Pashto:
انجه
(anja)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Persian:
انگدان
(angodân)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Persian:
انگژد
(angožad)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Persian:
رافه
(râfe)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Persian:
هنگ
(hing)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Polish:
asafetyda
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Polish:
czarcie łajno
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Polish:
smrodzieniec
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Portuguese:
assafétida
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Romagnol:
asafëtida
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Sanskrit:
हिङ्गु
(hiṅgu)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Shan:
သိင်းၶူဝ်ႇ
(síng khò)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Spanish:
asafétida
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Swedish:
dyvelsträck
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Tagalog:
inggo
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Tagalog:
asapetida
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Tajik:
ров
(rov)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Tamil:
பெருங்காயம்
(peruṅkāyam)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Telugu:
ఇంగువ
(iṅguva)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Thai:
มหาหิงคุ์
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Tibetan:
ཤིང་ཀུན
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Tocharian B:
aṅkwaṣ
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Turkish:
şeytantersi
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Turkish:
hiltit
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Ottoman Turkish:
حلتیت
(hiltit)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Ottoman Turkish:
شیطان بوقی
(şeytan boku)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Urdu:
ہینگ
(hīṅg)
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Welsh:
asaffeta
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Welsh:
baw diawl
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Welsh:
drewgi
— resinous gum from wild fennel
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Yiddish:
טײַוולסקויט
(tayvlskoyt)
— resinous gum from wild fennel