Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gingelly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gin-gel-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sesame plant.

Indian usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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 [sesame] and castor beans in Tamil Nadu, India [date not given]."
"The surfactant showed comparatively high emulsification index over Gingelly oil at the rate of 71%."
"Cultural conditions for the production of lipase by Aspergillus niger strain MTCC 2594 by solid-state fermentation using gingelly oil cake were standardized."

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?] or Marathi [Term?], ultimately from Arabic جِلْجِلَان (jiljilān).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: جِلْجِلَان

Usage

Inflected Forms

gingellies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

gingilli jinjili

Questions

What does gingelly mean?: The sesame plant.
Where does gingelly come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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