How to say "cumin" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningcumin
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كَمُّون
kammūnכמון
كمون
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כמון
kamonكَامُون
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Not inherited Semitic vocabulary passed between Hebrew and Arabic, but cousins by a shared ancient source: both כמון and kammūn descend from Akkadian kamūnu, probably itself from Sumerian — one of the oldest spice names on record, traded across the Fertile Crescent four thousand years ago.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
كَامُون
kāmūnכאמוןDarija: kāmūn — long ā, no doubled m.
In a phrase
كَمُّون مَطْحُون
kammūn maṭḥūnכמון מטחוןground cumin