What does "tahini" mean?

A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.

Tahini

Q: What is a synonym for "tahini"?

Common synonyms include: paste variant, processing form, sesame paste, sesame paste variant, sesame seed paste, tahina.

/tɑːˈhiː.ni/ noun

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Noun

1
A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc. countable, uncountable
2
a thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds wordnet

Synonyms

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paste variant processing form sesame paste sesame paste variant sesame seed paste tahina

Antonyms

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raw unprocessed seeds seed form whole seeds

Etymology

From Arabic طَحِينَة (ṭaḥīna), from the root ط ح ن (ṭ-ḥ-n) related to grinding. Final -i most probably from North Levantine dialects or from Greek ταχίνι (tachíni).

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