Cumin (spice): whole seeds , left; ground into powder, right. Noun
cumin (usually uncountable , plural cumins
The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum Apiaceae Cumin is native to the region from the eastern Mediterranean to India.
Its aromatic long seed , used as a spice , notably in Indian , Middle Eastern , and Mexican cookery .
Coordinate term: caraway 1940 Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens , The Macmillan Company, page 269 :Cumin was often an ingredient of such love potions since it produced the effect of retention in whoever ate it.
Translations
plant Cuminum cyminum
Arabic: كَمُّون m ( kammūn )
Egyptian Arabic: كمون m ( 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: 孜然 (zh) ( zīrán ) , 安息茴香 (zh) ( ānxī huíxiāng ) , 阿拉伯茴香 (zh) ( Ālābó huíxiāng )
Czech: římský kmín m
Danish: spidskommen c
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: κύμινον n ( 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: kemmun m
Maori: kumine
Marathi: जिरे n ( jire )
Mongolian: гоньд (mn) ( gonʹd )
Norwegian: karve (no) spisskarve spisskummen
Persian: زیره (fa) ( zire )
Polish: kmin rzymski (pl) m
Portuguese: cominho m
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: קמיניק m ( kminik )
its seed used as spice
Afrikaans: komyn jeera
Arabic: كَمُّون m ( kammūn )
Egyptian Arabic: كمون m ( kammūn )
Moroccan Arabic: كمون ( kamūn )
Aramaic:
Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܟܡܘܢܐ m
Classical Syriac: ܟܲܡܘܼܢܵܐ m ( kammūnāʾ )
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כַּמּוֹנָא m ( kammōnāʾ ) , כְּמוֹנָא m ( kəmōnāʾ )
Jewish Literary Aramaic: כַּמּוּנָא m ( kammūnāʾ )
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: כמונא m
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: 孜然 (zh) ( zīrán ) , 安息茴香 (zh) ( ānxī huíxiāng ) , 阿拉伯茴香 (zh) ( Ālābó huíxiāng )
Classical Mandaic: ࡊࡀࡌࡅࡍࡀ m
Czech: římský kmín m
Danish: spidskommen c
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: κύμινον n ( kúminon )
Mycenaean: 𐀓𐀖𐀜 ( ku-mi-no )
Gujarati: જીરું n ( jīrũ )
Hawaiian: kumino
Hebrew: כַמּוֹן (he) m ( kamón, kammon )
Hindi: ज़ीरा ( zīrā ) , जीरा (hi) ( jīrā )
Hungarian: római kömény (hu)
Icelandic: broddkúmen n
Italian: cumino (it) m
Japanese: クミンの実 ( kumin no mi )
Kannada: ಜೀರಿಗೆ (kn) ( jīrige )
Latin: cumīnum n
Malayalam: ജീരകം (ml) ( jīrakaṁ )
Marathi: जिरे n ( jire )
Norwegian: spisskummen spisskarve
Persian: زیره (fa) ( zire )
Phoenician: 𐤊𐤌𐤍 m ( kmn )
Polish: kminek (pl) m
Portuguese: cominho m
Punic: 𐤊𐤌𐤍 m ( kmn )
Punjabi: ਜੀਰਾ m ( 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 rasca f
Spanish: comino (es) m
Swahili: jira class 9 /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: cwmin m
Yiddish: קמיניק m ( kminik )
Translations to be checked
References
Zimmern, Heinrich (1915 ) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57 
