胡麻

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Chinese

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

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


Noun

胡麻

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

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Descendants

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: S
goon kan'yōon
 ゴマ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

()() or 胡麻(ゴマ) (goma

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

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