cumin

English

Cumin (spice):wholeseeds,left;groundinto powder, right.

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishcomyn,fromOld Englishcymen(which is cognate withOld High Germankumin) andOld Frenchcummin,both fromLatincuminum,fromAncient Greekκύμινον(kúminon),aSemiticborrowing ultimately to be traced toAkkadian𒂵𒈬𒉡(Ú.GAMUN/⁠kamūnu⁠/,“cumin”).Possibly related tocaraway.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈkjuːmɪn/,/ˈkʌmɪn/,enPR:kyo͞oʹmĭn,kŭmʹĭn

• Audio(Southern England):

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• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈkumɪn/,/ˈkjumɪn/,/ˈkʌmɪn/,/ˈkʊmɪn/,enPR:ko͞oʹmĭn
• Rhymes:-ʌmɪn,-uːmɪn

Noun

cumin(usuallyuncountable,pluralcumins)

1. ThefloweringplantCuminum cyminum,in the familyApiaceae.

   Cuminis native to the region from the eastern Mediterranean to India.

3. Its aromatic longseed,used as aspice,notably inIndian,Middle Eastern,andMexicancookery.

   Coordinate term:caraway

   • 1940,Rosetta E. Clarkson,Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens,The Macmillan Company, page269:

     Cuminwas often an ingredient of such love potions since it produced the effect of retention in whoever ate it.

Derived terms

• black cumin
• cuminic
• cuminol
• Persian cumin

Translations

plantCuminum cyminum

• Arabic:كَمُّونm(kammūn)

  Egyptian Arabic:كمونm(kammūn)

  Moroccan Arabic:كمون(kamūn)

• Armenian:քիմիոն(hy)(kʻimion),չաման(hy)(čʻaman)
• Bulgarian:кимион(bg)m(kimion)
• Burmese:ဇီရာ(my)(jira)
• Catalan:comí(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Thì là(zh)(zīrán),An giấc ngàn thu hồi hương(zh)(ānxī huíxiāng),Ả Rập hồi hương(zh)(Ālābó huíxiāng)

• Czech:římský kmínm
• Danish:spidskommenc
• Dutch:komijn(nl)m,kummel(nl)m
• Egyptian:(tpnn)

  Bohairic:ⲑⲁⲡⲉⲛ(thapen)

  Sahidic:ⲧⲁⲡⲉⲛ(tapen),ⲧⲁⲡⲛ(tapn)

• Esperanto:kumino
• Finnish:roomankumina(fi),juustokumina(fi)
• French:cumin(fr)m
• Galician:comiño(gl)m
• Georgian:ძირა(ʒira),კვლიავი(ḳvliavi),ზირა(zira)
• German:Kümmel(de)m,Kreuzkümmel(de)m
• Greek:κύμινο(el)n(kýmino)

  Ancient:κύμινονn(kúminon)

  Mycenaean:𐀓𐀖𐀜(ku-mi-no)

• Hebrew:כמון(he)m(kamon)
• Hindi:ज़ीरा(zīrā),जीरा(hi)(jīrā)
• Hungarian:kömény(hu),római kömény(hu)
• Ido:kumino(io)
• Indonesian:jintan putih(id)
• Italian:cumino(it)m
• Japanese:クミン(kumin),ヒメウイキョウ(himeikyō)
• Kannada:please add this translation if you can
• Korean:커민(keomin)
• Malay:jintan putih(ms)
• Maltese:kemmunm
• Maori:kumine
• Marathi:जिरेn(jire)
• Mongolian:гоньд(mn)(gonʹd)
• Norwegian:karve(no),spisskarve,spisskummen
• Persian:زیره(phát)(zire)
• Polish:kmin rzymski(pl)m
• Portuguese:cominhom
• Romanian:chimion(ro)m
• Russian:зи́ра(ru)f(zíra)
• Sicilian:ciminu(scn)m
• Spanish:comino(es)m
• Swahili:mjira
• Swedish:kummin(sv)n,spiskummin(sv)n
• Tagalog:komino
• Tamil:சீரகம்(ta)(cīrakam)
• Thai:เทียนขาว(tian kăao)
• Turkish:kimyon(tr)
• Uyghur:please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese:thì là Ai Cập
• Volapük:komenaplan
• Yiddish:קמיניקm(kminik)

its seed used as spice

• Afrikaans:komyn,jeera
• Arabic:كَمُّونm(kammūn)

  Egyptian Arabic:كمونm(kammūn)

  Moroccan Arabic:كمون(kamūn)

• Aramaic:

  Christian Palestinian Aramaic:ܟܡܘܢܐm

  Classical Syriac:ܟܲܡܘܼܢܵܐm(kammūnāʾ)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic:כַּמּוֹנָאm(kammōnāʾ),כְּמוֹנָאm(kəmōnāʾ)

  Jewish Literary Aramaic:כַּמּוּנָאm(kammūnāʾ)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic:כמונאm

• Armenian:քիմիոն(hy)(kʻimion),չաման(hy)(čʻaman)
• Bengali:জিরা(bn)(jira)
• Bulgarian:кимион(bg)m(kimion)
• Burmese:ဇီရာစေ့(jirace.)
• Catalan:comí(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Thì là(zh)(zīrán),An giấc ngàn thu hồi hương(zh)(ānxī huíxiāng),Ả Rập hồi hương(zh)(Ālābó huíxiāng)

• Classical Mandaic:ࡊࡀࡌࡅࡍࡀm
• Czech:římský kmínm
• Danish:spidskommenc
• Dutch:komijn(nl)m,komijnzaad(nl)n,kummel(nl)m,djinten,djiera(Suriname)
• Egyptian:(tpnn)

  Bohairic:ⲑⲁⲡⲉⲛ(thapen)

  Sahidic:ⲧⲁⲡⲉⲛ(tapen),ⲧⲁⲡⲛ(tapn)

• Finnish:juustokumina(fi),jeera(fi)
• French:cumin(fr)m
• Galician:comiño(gl)m
• Georgian:კვლიავი(ḳvliavi),ძირა(ʒira),ზირა(zira)
• German:Kreuzkümmel(de)m
• Greek:κύμινο(el)n(kýmino)

  Ancient:κύμινονn(kúminon)

  Mycenaean:𐀓𐀖𐀜(ku-mi-no)

• Gujarati:જીરુંn(jīrũ)
• Hawaiian:kumino
• Hebrew:כַמּוֹן(he)m(kamón, kammon)
• Hindi:ज़ीरा(zīrā),जीरा(hi)(jīrā)
• Hungarian:római kömény(hu)
• Icelandic:broddkúmenn
• Italian:cumino(it)m
• Japanese:クミン の thật(kumin no mi)
• Kannada:ಜೀರಿಗೆ(kn)(jīrige)
• Latin:cumīnumn
• Malayalam:ജീരകം(ml)(jīrakaṁ)
• Marathi:जिरेn(jire)
• Norwegian:spisskummen,spisskarve
• Persian:زیره(phát)(zire)
• Phoenician:𐤊𐤌𐤍m(kmn)
• Polish:kminek(pl)m
• Portuguese:cominhom
• Punic:𐤊𐤌𐤍m(kmn)
• Punjabi:ਜੀਰਾm(jīrā)
• Romanian:chimion(ro)m
• Russian:зи́ра(ru)f(zíra)
• Sanskrit:दृता(sa)(dṛtā),जीरक(sa)(jīraka),दीर्घजीरक(sa)(dīrghajīraka),वह्निसख(sa)(vahnisakha),जिरण(sa)(jiraṇa),अजाजि(sa)(ajāji)
• Sinhalese:සූදුරු(sūduru)
• Slovak:rímska rascaf
• Spanish:comino(es)m
• Swahili:jiraclass9/10
• Swedish:spiskummin(sv)n
• Tagalog:komino
• Tamil:சீரகம்(ta)(cīrakam)
• Thai:ยี่หร่า(yîi ràa)
• Tibetan:གོ་སྙོད(go snyod)
• Tocharian B:ayājñi
• Turkish:kimyon(tr)
• Ugaritic:𐎋𐎎𐎐(kmn)
• Uyghur:زىرە(zire)
• Vietnamese:cây thì là
• Welsh:cwminm
• Yiddish:קמיניקm(kminik)

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• Hindi:^{(pleaseverify)}जीरा(hi)(jīrā)
• Macedonian:^{(pleaseverify)}ким(kim)
• Tamil:^{(pleaseverify)}சீரகம்(ta)(cīrakam)
• Turkish:^{(pleaseverify)}kimyon(tr)

See also

• ground

Anagrams

• Numic,mucin

French

Etymology

FromLatincuminum,fromAncient Greekκύμινον(kúminon),itself ofSemiticorigin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ky.mɛ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

cuminm(pluralcumins)

1. the plantcumin
2. Its seed, a spice

Further reading

• “cumin”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• cumün(Vallader)

Etymology

FromMedieval Latincommūnia,neuter plural ofLatincommūnis.

Noun

cuminm(pluralcumins)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun)village

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun,Surmiran)vischnanca
• (Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan,Sutsilvan)vitg