The story
- Arabic · derived fromطَحِينَة
- English todaytahine
From Arabic طَحِينَة (ṭaḥīna), from the root ط ح ن (ṭ ḥ n, root) related to grinding. Final -e is the standard pronunciation in Levantine Arabic.
Words from the same roots
Arabicطَحِينَة all →
tahini
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.