Sesame. Indian sesame seeds are cream-coloured, small and glossy. Chinese sesame seeds are black.

Synonyms in other languages

Assamese

• tisi

Bengali

• তিল (teel)
• তিল (til)

Gujarati

• mitho tel
• tal
• tel

Hindi

• acchellu
• gingli
• teel
• तिल (gingelly)
• तिल्‌ (til)

Kannada

• ellu
• yallu
• yellu

Latin names

• Sesamum indicum

Malayalam

• chitelu
• ellu

Marathi

• ashadital
• bariktil
• til
• tila

Nepali

• til

Oriya

• rashi

Punjabi

• til

Sanskrit

• tila

Sinhala

• තල ගුලි (thala guli)
• තල​ (thala)

Tamil

• ellu
• yallu
• yellu

Telugu

• నువ్వులు (nuvvulu)

Urdu

• til

Countries

• India

Regions

• Konkan
• South India