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wijen.

sesame:

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈwid͡ʒɛn]
  1. sesame: a tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil

  2. sesame: the seed of this plant

Where this word comes from

From Javanese ꦮꦶꦗꦺꦤ꧀ (wijèn), from Old Javanese wijyan (“sesame-seed”). Doublet of bijan and bijian. Reconstructed as biji + -an.

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