Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

simsim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: sim-sim
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of sesame.

Uncountable

name

A former village in what is now Israel.

name

A medieval Chechen state in the northern Caucasus region.

Example Sentences

"He(Ali Baba) then went to the door and saying, "Open, O Simsim!" he pushed in and beheld the dead lich of Kasim, …"
"The residents mainly cultivate food crops (maize, rice, sweet potatoes and beans) and cash crops (tobacco, groundnuts, simsim and sunflower)."

Etymology

From Arabic سِمْسِم (simsim).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: سِمْسِم

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Semsem (alternative) Sumsum (alternative)

Synonyms

sesame

Questions

What does simsim mean?: Synonym of sesame.
Where does simsim come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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