hummus
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Definitions
n. A puree of ground chickpeas and sesame seeds.
Example Sentences
"The best hummus in Israel is in Haifa."
"Can I have a bit more chumus to dip my pitta in?" (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Modern Hebrew
- Arabic / Judeo-Arabic
Etymology
MH חוּמוּס khúmus
- 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)
- North America
- Australia / New Zealand
- South Africa
- 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).
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Alternative Spellings
chumus, humus, khumus, chummus, khummus, houmus, choumus, khoumus, hoummus, choummus, khoummus, homus, chomus, khomus, hommus, chommus, khommus
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