black caraway

English

Noun

black caraway (usually uncountable, plural black caraways)

1. A Middle-Eastern spice plant related to buttercups, Nigella sativa, with dark black, aromatic seeds.
2. These seeds as spice.
3. (India) A spice plant related to caraway and cumin, with dark seeds and an edible root, Bunium bulbocastanum

Synonyms

• (plant Nigella sativa): nigella, fennelflower
• (seeds of Nigella sativa): onion seed, blackseed, kalonji, black cumin
• (Bunium bulbocastanum): black cumin, earthnut, hognut, kippernut

Translations

Nigella sativa — see also nigella

• Amharic: ጥቁር አዝሙድ (ṭəḳur ʾäzmud)
• Arabic: شُونِيز m (šūnīz), كَمُّون أَسْوَد m (kammūn ʔaswad)
• Belarusian: чарнушка пасяўная f (čarnuška pasjaŭnaja)
• Bulgarian: посевна челебитка f (posevna čelebitka), че́рен кимио́н m (čéren kimión), че́рен суса́м m (čéren susám)
• Burmese: စမုန်နက် (my) (ca.munnak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 家黑種／家黑种 (jiāhēizhǒng), 黑孜然 (hēizīrán)

• Czech: černucha setá f, černý kmín m
• Estonian: aed-mustköömen
• Finnish: ryytineito (fi)
• French: nigelle cultivée (fr) f, cumin noir (fr) m
• German: Echter Schwarzkümmel m, Ägyptischer Schwarzkümmel m
• Greek:

  Ancient: μελάνθιον n (melánthion)

  Modern: μαύρο κύμινο n (maúro kúmino)

• Hindi: कलौंजी (hi) (kalauñjī), कलोंजी (kaloñjī)
• Kannada: ಕರೀಜೀರಿಗೆ (karījīrige)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕەشکە (reşke)

• Latvian: melna ķimenes f, sējas melnsēklīte
• Macedonian: црно семе n (crno seme)
• Marathi: काळे जिरे n (kāḷe jire)
• Polish: czarnuszka siewna (pl) f
• Portuguese: cominho preto m
• Punjabi: ਕਲ਼ੌਂਜੀ (kaḷauñjī)
• Romanian: chimen negru
• Serbo-Croatian: cr̀njika f (Croatia, Bosnia, used in Serbia in the form cr̀nika for the holm oak), mačkov bȓk m (Serbia), crno sȅme n (Serbia), cȓnī kùmīn m (Serbia), cȓnī kȉm (Serbia, Bosnia), crni sùsam (Serbia), čorokot (Bosnia), ćurokot m (Bosnia), ćurukot (Serbia, Bosnia), ćurekot m (Bosnia, Serbia)
• Slovak: černuška siata f, čierna rasca f, čierny kmín m
• Spanish: comino negro m, ajenuz (es)
• Swedish: svartkummin c
• Tamil: கருஞ்சீரகம் (ta) (karuñcīrakam)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เทียนดำ
• Turkish: çörekotu (tr), çöreotu, siyah kimyon, siyah susam
• Ukrainian: чорну́шка посівна́ f (čornúška posivná), чо́рний кмин m (čórnyj kmyn)

spice

• Akkadian: 𒍣𒉈𒉈𒀀𒉡 m (zi-bi₂-bi₂-a-nu /⁠zibibiānu, sibibiānu⁠/)
• Amharic: ጥቁር አዝሙድ (ṭəḳur ʾäzmud)
• Arabic: شُونِيز m (šūnīz), حَبَّةُ سَوْدَاءُ m (ḥabbatu sawdāʔu), كَمُّون أَسْوَد m (kammūn ʔaswad), قِزْح m (qizḥ)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܒܵܒܘܼܢܵܐ m (šbābōnā)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: קִיצְחָא m (qiṣḥā)

• Armenian: սոնիճ (hy) (sonič)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: чо́рны кмен m (čórny kmjen)
• Bengali: কালো জিরা (kalō jira), কালোজিরা (kalōjira)
• Bulgarian: че́рен кимио́н m (čéren kimión), че́рен суса́м m (čéren susám)
• Burmese: စမုန်နက် (my) (ca.munnak)
• Czech: černý kmín m
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: must kumin
• Finnish: mustakumina
• French: cumin noir (fr) m, graine de nigelle f, poivrette (fr) f
• German: Schwarzkümmel (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: μελάνθιον n (melánthion)

  Modern: μαύρο κύμινο n (maúro kúmino)

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: קֶצַח (he) m (qéṣaḥ), כַּמּוֹן שָׁחֹור m or m (kammṓn šāḥṓr)
• Hindi: काला जीरा m (kālā jīrā), कलौंजी (hi) (kalauñjī), कलोंजी (kaloñjī)
• Indonesian: jintan hitam (id), habbatussauda
• Kannada: ಕರೀಜೀರಿಗೆ (karījīrige)
• Kazakh: қара зере (qara zere)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: melna ķimenes f, melnsēklīte
• Lithuanian: juodgrūdė
• Macedonian: црно семе n (crno seme)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svartkarve m

  Nynorsk: svartkarve m

• Persian: سیاه‌دانه (siyâh-dâne), شونیز (fa) (šuniz), سنیز (fa) (soniz)
• Polish: czarnuszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cominho preto m
• Punjabi: ਕਲੌਂਜੀ (kalauñjī)
• Romanian: negrușcă (ro) f, negrilică (ro) f, chimen negru
• Russian: черну́шка (ru) f (černúška), черну́ха (ru) f (černúxa), калинджи (ru) m (kalindži), чёрный тмин m (čórnyj tmin)
• Serbo-Croatian: cr̀njika f (Croatia, Bosnia, used in Serbia in the form cr̀nika for the holm oak), mačkov bȓk m (Serbia), crno sȅme n (Serbia), cȓnī kùmīn m (Serbia), cȓnī kȉm (Serbia, Bosnia), crni sùsam (Serbia), čorokot (Bosnia), ćurokot m (Bosnia), ćurukot (Serbia, Bosnia), ćurekot m (Bosnia, Serbia)
• Slovak: čierna rasca f, čierny kmín m
• Spanish: comino negro m, ajenuz (es)
• Swedish: svartkummin c
• Tamil: கருஞ்சீரகம் (ta) (karuñcīrakam)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เทียนดำ
• Tigre: please add this translation if you can
• Tigrinya: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: çörek otu (tr), siyah kimyon, siyah susam
• Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
• Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎁𐎁𐎊𐎐 m (sbbyn), 𐎖𐎕𐎈 m (qṣḥ)
• Ukrainian: чорну́шка f (čornúška), чо́рний кмин m (čórnyj kmyn)
• Vietnamese: hạt đen, thì là đen