Indian sesame is also known as eastern sesame, benne.

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The name sesame comes from the Latin sesamum and the Greek σήσαμον - sēsamon. In Persian, sesame is kunjat, Arabic - simsim, in Sanskrit - tila, and in Hindi -til. Most of the world's sesame names contain the word "oil" or "fat."

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