سمسم

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲓⲙⲥⲓⲙ (simsim). Compare Classical Syriac ܫܘܫܡܐ (šūšmāʾ, šuššəmāʾ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sim.sim/

Noun

سِمْسِم • (simsim) m

  1. sesame (plant or seed)

Declension
Declension of noun سِمْسِم (simsim)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سِمْسِم
simsim		 السِّمْسِم
as-simsim		 سِمْسِم
simsim
Nominative سِمْسِمٌ
simsimun		 السِّمْسِمُ
as-simsimu		 سِمْسِمُ
simsimu
Accusative سِمْسِمًا
simsiman		 السِّمْسِمَ
as-simsima		 سِمْسِمَ
simsima
Genitive سِمْسِمٍ
simsimin		 السِّمْسِمِ
as-simsimi		 سِمْسِمِ
simsimi

Descendants
  • Maltese: simsem

Proper noun

سِمْسِم • (simsim) m

  1. Simsim, Semsem (a former village in what is now Israel).

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic سِمْسِم (simsim), Coptic ⲥⲓⲙⲥⲓⲙ (simsim).

Pronunciation

Noun

سِمْسِم • (simsim) m (Hindi spelling सिम्सिम)

  1. sesame

Noun

سَمْسَم • (samsam) m (Hindi spelling सम्सम)

  1. fox

References
  • “سمسم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “سمسم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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