cumin
/ˈkjuːmɪn//ˈkumɪn/
cumin noun: the flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
Noun
cumin (usually uncountable, plural cumins)
- The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
- Cumin is native to the region from the eastern Mediterranean to India.
- Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.
- Cumin was often an ingredient of such love potions since it produced the effect of retention in whoever ate it.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 269
cumin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cumin in Hindi
- plant Cuminum cyminum
- ज़ीरा zīrā, जीरा jīrā
- its seed used as spice
- ज़ीरा zīrā, जीरा jīrā
cumin in Tamil
- plant Cuminum cyminum
- சீரகம் cīrakam
- its seed used as spice
- சீரகம் cīrakam
cumin in Marathi
- plant Cuminum cyminum
- जिरे jire
- its seed used as spice
- जिरे jire
cumin in Urdu
- cumin
- زیرہ zīra, جیرا jīrā
More languagesFewer languages
- cumin in Bengali
- জিরা jira
- cumin in Malayalam
- ജീരകം jīrakaṁ
- cumin in Kannada
- ಜೀರಿಗೆ jīrige
- cumin in Punjabi
- ਜੀਰਾ jīrā
- cumin in Gujarati
- જીરું jīrũ
- cumin in Odia
- ଜୀରା jirā
- cumin in Sanskrit
- दृता dṛtā, जीरक jīraka, दीर्घजीरक dīrghajīraka, वह्निसख vahnisakha
- cumin in Sinhala
- සූදුරු sūduru
- cumin in Tagalog
- komino
- cumin in Arabic
- كَمُّون kammūn
- cumin in Malay
- jintan putih
- cumin in Indonesian
- jintan putih
- cumin in Persian
- زیره zire
- cumin in Thai
- เทียนขาว tian kăao, ยี่หร่า yîi-ràa
- cumin in Vietnamese
- thì là Ai Cập, cây thì là
- cumin in Myanmar
- ဇီရာ jira, ဇီရာစေ့ jirace.
Examples of cumin in a sentence
- It was rich, full and lively, with savory flavors of oregano and cumin.
- JJ served a bass crudo with yam, Birdeye chile, and cumin puff rice.
- Add the onion, the garlic, the red pepper, the ajies, the pepper, cumin and salt.
Forms of cumin
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Origin of cumin
From Middle English comyn, from Old English cymen (which is cognate with Old High German kumin) and Old French cummin, both from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), a Semitic borrowing ultimately to be traced to Akkadian 𒂵𒈬𒉡 (Ú.GAMUN /kamūnu/, “cumin”). Possibly related to caraway.
Words formed from cumin
Words that rhyme with cumin
Questions about cumin
- What does cumin mean?
- Cumin means the flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
- What is cumin in Hindi?
- Cumin in Hindi is ज़ीरा (zīrā), जीरा (jīrā). See Cumin meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cumin?
- Cumin is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cumin?
- Cumin is pronounced /ˈkjuːmɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cumin?
- The plural of cumin is cumins.
Words near cumin in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cumin (page history and authors); جیرا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ଜୀରା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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