[INDOLOGY] the word 'sesame' and the use of sesame oil

[Harry Spier]

> Matthew Kapstien wrote:
> I recall that sesame in Hebrew is soomsoom, which resembles the terms you
> cited, though I do not know the origin - I assume that it must have been a
> loanword.
>

Cofirmed.

sesame oil in hebrew is *שמן שומשום* = shemen shumshum .
sesame is  *שומשום* = shumshum .

Harry Spier
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