胡麻

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Chinese

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barbarian; recklessly; surname
(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp
(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
 
trad. (胡麻)
simp. #(胡麻)
Literally: “foreign hemp”.
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Etymology

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This word originally referred to flax (Linum usitatissimum), an import from the Western Regions, but was later confounded with sesame. For more on the background, see Laufer (1967).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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胡麻

  1. flax (Linum usitatissimum); linseed
  2. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (胡麻):
  • Japanese: 胡麻(ごま) (goma)
  • Korean: 호마(胡麻) (homa)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: S
goon kan'yōon
 ゴマ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() or 胡麻(ゴマ) (goma

  1. sesame (Sesamum indicum), both plant and seeds

Derived terms

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