Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. A puree of ground chickpeas and sesame seeds.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Modern Hebrew
• Arabic / Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

• MH חוּמוּס khúmus
  

Who Uses This

• Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
• Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
• Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

Regions

• North America
• Australia / New Zealand
• South Africa

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

Alternative Spellings

chumus, humus, khumus, chummus, khummus, houmus, choumus, khoumus, hoummus, choummus, khoummus, homus, chomus, khomus, hommus, chommus, khommus