sesame

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• UK: /ˈsɛsəmi/
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• US: /ˈsɛsəmi/
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• obsolete: /ˈsɛsəm/
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• obsolete: /ˈsiːsəm/
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• CMU ARPABET: S EH1 S AH0 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afar: simsím — plant
• Akkadian: 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 (šamaššammū) — plant
• Arabic: سِمْسِم (simsim) — plant
• Armenian: շուշմա (šušma) — plant
• Armenian: քնջութ (kʻnǰutʻ) — plant
• Assamese: তিল (til) — plant
• Azerbaijani: küncüt — plant
• Bengali: তিল (til) — plant
• Bulgarian: сусам (susam) — plant
• Burmese: နှမ်း (hnam:) — plant
• Buryat: гүнжэд (günžed) — plant
• Catalan: sèsam — plant
• Chinese Cantonese: 芝麻 (zi1 maa4) — plant
• Eastern Min Chinese: 芝麻 (ciĕ-muài) — plant
• Eastern Min Chinese: 油麻 (iù-muài) — plant
• Chinese: 麻 (môa) — plant
• Chinese: 油麻 (iû-môa) — plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 芝麻 (zhīmá) — plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 胡麻 (húmá) — plant
• Danish: sesam — plant
• Daur: bal — plant
• Daur: cigaa bal — plant
• Dutch: sesam — plant
• Faroese: sesam — plant
• Finnish: seesami — plant
• French: sésame — plant
• Galician: sésamo — plant
• Georgian: სეზამი (sezami) — plant
• Georgian: ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi) — plant
• German: Sesam — plant
• Greek: σουσαμιά (sousamiá) — plant
• Ancient Greek: σησάμη (sēsámē) — plant
• Hebrew: סומסום (sumsum) — plant
• Hindi: तिल (til) — plant
• Hindi: तील (tīl) — plant
• Hindi: पवित्र (pavitra) — plant
• Hindi: पितृतर्पण (pitŕtarpaṇ) — plant
• Hindi: पापघ्न (pāpaghna) — plant
• Hindi: पूतधान्य (pūtdhānya) — plant
• Hindi: जटिल (jaṭil) — plant
• Hindi: स्नेहफल (snehphal) — plant
• Hindi: तैलफल (tailphal) — plant
• Hindi: हेमधान्य (hemdhānya) — plant
• Hittite: 𒊭𒀊𒊭𒈠 (šapšama-) — plant
• Hungarian: szezám — plant
• Hurrian: 𒋗𒈪𒋗𒈪 (šumišumi) — plant
• Indonesian: wijen — plant
• Indonesian: bijan — plant
• Indonesian: sesam — plant
• Irish: seasaman — plant
• Italian: sesamo — plant
• Japanese: 胡麻 (goma) — plant
• Khmer: ល្ង (lngɔɔ) — plant
• Korean: 참깨 (chamkkae) — plant
• Northern Kurdish: kuncî — plant
• Lao: ງາ (ngā) — plant
• Latin: sēsamum — plant
• Macedonian: сусам (susam) — plant
• Malay: bijan — plant
• Malay: lenga — plant
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ (malanggū) — plant
• Māori: hehame — plant
• Mon: လ္ၚဴ — plant
• Mongolian: гүнжид (günžid) — plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: sesam — plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sesam — plant
• Pali: tila — plant
• Persian: کنجد (konjed) — plant
• Polish: sezam — plant
• Portuguese: sésamo — plant
• Portuguese: gergelim — plant
• Punjabi: ਤਿਲ (til) — plant
• Romanian: susan — plant
• Romanian: sesam — plant
• Russian: сеза́м (sezám) — plant
• Russian: сим-си́м (sim-sím) — plant
• Russian: кунжу́т (kunžút) — plant
• Sanskrit: तिल (tila) — plant
• Serbo-Croatian: сусам — plant
• Serbo-Croatian: susam — plant
• Shan: ငႃး (ngáa) — plant
• Slovak: sezam — plant
• Spanish: sésamo — plant
• Swedish: sesam — plant
• Tagalog: linga — plant
• Tai Nüa: ᥒᥣᥰ (ngäa) — plant
• Tajik: кунҷид (kunjid) — plant
• Tamil: எள் (eḷ) — plant
• Thai: งา (ngaa) — plant
• Tibetan: ཏིལ (til) — plant
• Turkish: susam — plant
• Tyap: kuut — plant
• Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎌𐎎𐎐 (ššmn) — plant
• Urdu: تل (til) — plant
• Urdu: سِمْسِم (simsim) — plant
• Vietnamese: mè — plant
• Vietnamese: vừng — plant
• Volapük: sesam — plant
• Welsh: sesame — plant
• Yiddish: סומסום (sumsum) — plant
• Yiddish: קונזשוט (kunzhut) — plant
• Afar: simsím — seed
• Akkadian: 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 (šamaššammū) — seed
• Arabic: سِمْسِم (simsim) — seed
• Arabic: جُلْجُلان (juljulān) — seed
• Arabic: زنجلان (zanjlān) — seed
• Arabic: زلجلان (zaljlān) — seed
• Armenian: շուշմա (šušma) — seed
• Armenian: քնջութ (kʻnǰutʻ) — seed
• Assamese: তিল (til) — seed
• Azerbaijani: küncüd — seed
• Bulgarian: сусам (susam) — seed
• Burmese: နှမ်းစေ့ (hnam:ce.) — seed
• Catalan: sèsam — seed
• Cebuano: lunga — seed
• Chinese Cantonese: 芝麻 (zi1 maa4) — seed
• Eastern Min Chinese: 芝麻 (ciĕ-muài) — seed
• Eastern Min Chinese: 油麻 (iù-muài) — seed
• Chinese: 麻 (môa) — seed
• Chinese: 油麻 (iû-môa) — seed
• Chinese Mandarin: 芝麻 (zhīmá) — seed
• Chinese Mandarin: 脂麻 (zhīmá) — seed
• Chinese Mandarin: 胡麻 (húmá) — seed
• Chinese Mandarin: 油麻 (yóumá) — seed
• Danish: sesamfrø — seed
• Danish: sesam — seed
• Dutch: sesam — seed
• Dutch: sesamzaad — seed
• Faroese: sesamfræ — seed
• Finnish: seesaminsiemen — seed
• French: graine de sésame — seed
• French: sésame — seed
• German: Sesam — seed
• German: Sesamsamen — seed
• Greek: σουσάμι (sousámi) — seed
• Ancient Greek: σήσαμον (sḗsamon) — seed
• Hebrew: שמשום — seed
• Hindi: तिल (til) — seed
• Hindi: तील (tīl) — seed
• Hindi: पवित्र (pavitra) — seed
• Hindi: पितृतर्पण (pitŕtarpaṇ) — seed
• Hindi: पापघ्न (pāpaghna) — seed
• Hindi: पूतधान्य (pūtdhānya) — seed
• Hindi: जटिल (jaṭil) — seed
• Hindi: स्नेहफल (snehphal) — seed
• Hindi: तैलफल (tailphal) — seed
• Hindi: हेमधान्य (hemdhānya) — seed
• Hittite: 𒊭𒀊𒊭𒈠 (šapšama-) — seed
• Hungarian: szezámmag — seed
• Hurrian: 𒋗𒈪𒋗𒈪 (šumišumi) — seed
• Italian: sesamo — seed
• Italian: seme di sesamo — seed
• Japanese: 胡麻 (goma) — seed
• Kannada: ಎಳ್ಳು (eḷḷu) — seed
• Kazakh: күнжіт (künjıt) — seed
• Khmer: ល្ង (lngɔɔ) — seed
• Korean: 참깨 (chamkkae) — seed
• Central Kurdish: کونجی (kuncî) — seed
• Northern Kurdish: kuncî — seed
• Kyrgyz: күнжүт (künjüt) — seed
• Lao: ງາ (ngā) — seed
• Latin: sēsamum — seed
• Macedonian: сусам (susam) — seed
• Malay: lenga — seed
• Malay: bijan — seed
• Malayalam: എള്ള് (eḷḷŭ) — seed
• Maltese: ġulġlien — seed
• Maltese: simsem — seed
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ (malanggū) — seed
• Maranao: lenga — seed
• Mon: မလ္ၚဴ — seed
• Khiamniungan Naga: nyàm — seed
• Norwegian Bokmål: sesam — seed
• Norwegian Bokmål: sesamfrø — seed
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sesam — seed
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sesamfrø — seed
• Pali: tila — seed
• Persian: کنجد (konjed) — seed
• Polish: sezam — seed
• Portuguese: sésamo — seed
• Portuguese: gergelim — seed
• Punjabi: ਤਿਲ (til) — seed
• Romanian: susan — seed
• Romanian: sesam — seed
• Russian: сеза́м (sezám) — seed
• Russian: сим-си́м (sim-sím) — seed
• Russian: кунжут (kunžut) — seed
• Salar: yağur — seed
• Sanskrit: तिल (tila) — seed
• Serbo-Croatian: сусам — seed
• Serbo-Croatian: susam — seed
• Sicilian: ciciulena — seed
• Sicilian: giurgiulena — seed
• Spanish: ajonjolí — seed
• Sranan Tongo: abongra — seed
• Swedish: sesam — seed
• Swedish: sesamfrö — seed
• Tagalog: linga — seed
• Tajik: кунҷид (kunjid) — seed
• Tamil: எள் (eḷ) — seed
• Tausug: lunga — seed
• Telugu: నువ్వులు (nuvvulu) — seed
• Thai: งา (ngaa) — seed
• Tocharian B: kuñcit — seed
• Tulu: ಎಣ್ಮೆ (eṇme) — seed
• Turkish: susam — seed
• Turkish: küncü — seed
• Turkmen: künji — seed
• Tyap: cwan — seed
• Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎌𐎎𐎐 (ššmn) — seed
• Urdu: تل (til) — seed
• Urdu: سِمْسِم (simsim) — seed
• Uyghur: كۈنجۈت (künjüt) — seed
• Uzbek: kunjut — seed
• Vietnamese: mè — seed
• Vietnamese: vừng — seed
• Volapük: sesamasid — seed
• Volapük: sesamasids — seed
• Yiddish: סומסום (sumsum) — seed
• Yiddish: קונזשוט (kunzhut) — seed