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tahini

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
tahini /təˌhēnē, təˌhini / (also tahina /-nə/)
▸ noun a Middle Eastern paste or sauce made from ground sesame seeds.
– ORIGIN from modern Greek takhini, based on Arabic ṭaḥana ‘to crush’.