ajonjolí

Meaning

1. (masculine) sesame (tropical Asian plant Sesamum indicum)
2. (masculine) sesame, sesame seed (the seed of this plant)

Concepts

sesame

togarishi

Synonyms

sésamo

alegría

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Translations

Sesam

sésame

sesamo

sesam

susam

gergelim

سمسم

sèsam

σουσαμιά

sesamum

sésamo

جلجلان

kuncî

sesamzaad

Hyphenated as

a‧jon‧jo‧lí

Pronounced as (IPA)

/axonxoˈli/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: gergelim

In summary

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 second consonant of the Romance form. Instances of metathetic جُنْجُلَال (junjulāl) can also be found today, the last consonant of which would only have undergone haplology after a raise of the vowel before it.