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tahine

tahine noun: tahini (sesame paste).

Noun

tahine (uncountable)

  1. tahini (sesame paste)

Origin of tahine

From Arabic طَحِينَة (ṭaḥīna), from the root ط ح ن (ṭ-ḥ-n) related to grinding. Final -e is the standard pronunciation in Levantine Arabic.

Questions about tahine

What does tahine mean?
Tahine means tahini (sesame paste).
What part of speech is tahine?
Tahine is a noun.

Words near tahine in the dictionary

  1. Tahers
  2. tahil
  3. tahils
  4. tahina
  5. tahinas
  6. tahine
  7. tahini
  8. tahinis
  9. Tahirih
  10. Tahiti
  11. Tahiti lime

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