sesame (tropical Asian plant Sesamum indicum) · sesame, sesame seed (the seed of this plant)
çekim: çoğul ajonjolíes
eş: aljonjolí, sésamo, aljonjolí, sésamo
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish ajonjolí, aljonjolí, from an ambiguous Andalusian Arabic form, of raised final vowel from Arabic جُلْجُلَان (juljulān, “sesame seed”), or of clipped ending, جُلْجُل (juljul) + -í (nisba), as the descendants of the pomegranate cultivar سَفَرِيّ (safariyy), or rather + -ín (diminutive) in view of Portuguese gergelim (“sesame”), all of which require dissimilation in the…
köken: First attested in 1780, other forms кунчук (kunčuk) in 1809, кунчуг (kunčug) in 1805, кунчут (kunčut) in 1795 and кунзют (kunzjut) in 1740. Borrowed from Kipchak *künǰüt < *künǰit (whence Tatar көнжет (könjet), көнҗет (köncet), Kyrgyz күнжүт (künjüt), Kazakh күнжіт (künjıt))., ultimately from Persian کنجد (konjed).
köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠMg) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwncyt' /kunjid/, “sesame”), from Proto-Iranian *kunčit. Compare Old Armenian կնճիթ (knčitʻ), Armenian քունջութ (kʻunǰutʻ) and Georgian ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi).
köken: Borrowed from Latin sēsamum, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon), from Old Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא (šumššemā), from Akkadian 𒃻𒈦𒌑𒈬 (/šamaššammū/), 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈨 (/šamaššammi/, literally “oil plant”).
köken: Affixed bija (“seed”) + -an, from Malay bijan. Doublet of bijian and wijen.
Etimoloji
Borrowed from Latin sēsamum, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon), from Old Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא (šumššumā), from Akkadian 𒃻𒈦𒌑𒈬 (/šamaššammū/), 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈨 (/šamaššammi/, literally “oil plant”).