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English
Etymology
From Hindi or Marathi , ultimately from Arabic جِلْجِلَان (jiljilān).
Noun
gingelly (countable and uncountable, plural gingellies)
- (India) The sesame plant.
2000, P Dhevagi, G Oblisami, “Effect of paper mill effluent on germination of agricultural crops.”, in Journal of Ecobiology, volume 12, number 4:An experiment was carried out to study the effect of paper mill effluent on germination and growth behaviour of crops like maize, groundnut, sunflower, soyabean, black gram, green gram, gingelly and castor beans in Tamil Nadu, India [date not given].
2012, CR Suresh Chander, T Lohitnathm DJ Mukesh Kumar, PT Kalaichelvan, “Production and characterization of biosurfactant from Bacillus subtilis MTCC441 and its evaluation to use as bioemulsifier for food bio-preservative”, in Advances in Applied Science Research, volume 3, number 3:The surfactant showed comparatively high emulsification index over Gingelly oil at the rate of 71%.
1998 June, NR Kamini, JGS Mala, R Puvanakrishnan, “Lipase production from Aspergillus niger by solid-state fermentation using gingelly oil cake”, in Process Biochemistry, volume 33, number 5:Cultural conditions for the production of lipase by Aspergillus niger strain MTCC 2594 by solid-state fermentation using gingelly oil cake were standardized.