"tahini" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɑːˈhiː.ni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tahini.wav Forms: tahinis [plural]
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). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ar|طَحِينَة}} Arabic طَحِينَة (ṭaḥīna), {{lang|und|ط ح ن|sc=Arab}} ط ح ن, {{cog|el|ταχίνι}} Greek ταχίνι (tachíni), {{root|en|ar|ط ح ن}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tahini (countable and uncountable, plural tahinis)
  1. (cooking) A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc. Wikidata QID: Q383389 Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cooking, Foods Synonyms: ardeh, tahina, tahine, tehina Translations (sesame paste): طَحِينَة (ṭaḥīna) [feminine] (Arabic), тахан (tahan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 芝麻醬 (Chinese Mandarin), 芝麻酱 (zhīmajiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), sezama pasto (Esperanto), tahini (Finnish), tahini (French), Tahina [feminine] (German), ταχίνι (tachíni) [neuter] (Greek), טחינה (t'khína) [feminine] (Hebrew), ताहिनी (tāhinī) (Hindi), tahina [feminine] (Italian), 芝麻醤 (chīmājan) (Japanese), таан (taan) [masculine] (Macedonian), ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ ᠮᡳᠰᡠᠨ (malanggū misun) (Manchu), ارده (arde) (Persian), tahini [neuter] (Polish), tahine (Portuguese), тахини (taxini) [feminine] (Russian), tahina (Spanish), sesampasta [common-gender] (Swedish), tahini (Swedish), tahin (Turkish), تاہینی (tāhinī) (Urdu), טכינע (tkhine) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "word": "ताहिनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tahina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chīmājan",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "word": "芝麻醤"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "taan",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "таан"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "malanggū misun",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "word": "ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ ᠮᡳᠰᡠᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "arde",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "word": "ارده"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tahini"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "word": "tahine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "taxini",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тахини"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "word": "tahina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sesampasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "word": "tahini"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "word": "tahin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "tāhinī",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "word": "تاہینی"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tkhine",
      "sense": "sesame paste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "טכינע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tahini"
}

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