tahini

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic طَحِينَة‎ (ṭaḥīna), from the root ط ح ن‎ (ṭ-ḥ-n) related to grinding. Final -i most probably from Levantine dialects or from Greek ταχίνι (tachíni).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑːˈhiː.ni/

Noun

tahini (countable and uncountable, plural tahinis)

(cooking) A paste made from ground sesame seeds; used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.

Synonyms

ardeh

Translations

sesame paste

Arabic: طَحِينَة‎ f (ṭaḥīna)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 芝麻醬 (zh), 芝麻酱 (zh) (zhīmajiàng)
Esperanto: sezama pasto
Finnish: tahini
French: tahini (fr)
German: tahina
Greek: ταχίνι (el) n (tachíni)
Hebrew: טחינה‎ (he) f (t'khína)
Hindi: ताहिनी (tāhinī)
Italian: tahina

Japanese: 芝麻醤 (chīmājan)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: таан m (taan)
Persian: ارده‎ (fa) (arde)
Polish: tahini (pl)
Portuguese: tahine
Russian: тахини (ru) (taxini)
Spanish: tahina
Swedish: sesampasta (sv) c, tahini (sv)
Turkish: tahin (tr)

Further reading

tahini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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