Dear Prof. Zydenbos, I recall that sesame in Hebrew is soomsoom, which resembles the terms you cited, though I do not know the origin - I assume that it must have been a loanword.
kind regards, Matthew Matthew T. Kapstein Professor emeritus Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris Associate The University of Chicago Divinity School https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 at 12:19 PM, Robert Zydenbos <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear list friends, > > A non-Indological colleague asked me whether there are any references in > ancient Indian literature to the medicinal use of sesame oil. > > Related: is there any Indian word in any language for 'sesame' that > resembles 'shumshum', 'simsim' or 'shamashammu'? > > Any information concerning these two questions would be most welcome. > > RZ > > -- > Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos / ಪ್ರೊ. ಡಾ. ರೊಬೆರ್ತ್ ಜೆಯ್ದೆನ್ಬೊಸ್ > Institute of Indology and Tibetology > Department of Asian Studies > Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (University of Munich – LMU) > Germany > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
