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Black Seed Names Around the World
Nigella sativa has dozens of names across cultures — kalonji, habbatul barakah, black cumin, charnushka and more. Find what it's called in your language.
Nigella sativa
Latin / ScientificBlack seed oil
EnglishBlack cumin
EnglishKalonjiकलौंजी / کلونجی
Hindi / UrduHabbatul barakahحبة البركة
ArabicHabba sawdaالحبة السوداء
ArabicShuneizشونیز
PersianSiyah danehسیاهدانه
PersianÇörek otu
TurkishÇöre otu yağı
Turkish (oil)Charnushkaчернушка
RussianChernyj tminчёрный тмин
RussianSchwarzkümmel
GermanNigelle
FrenchGrano nero
ItalianAjenue
SpanishPañjira
BengaliKrishnajirakaकृष्णजीरक
Sanskrit / AyurvedaKarunjeeragamகருஞ்சீரகம்
TamilKarimjeerakam
MalayalamAsado
SomaliTikur azmud
Amharic (Ethiopian)Alkamun al-aswadالكمون الأسود
Arabic (classical)Sannuj
Arabic (Maghreb)Qizha
Arabic (Levantine)Hei zhong cao zhong黑种草子
MandarinKuro tane黒種
JapaneseMelanthionμελάνθιον
GreekKetzachקצח
Hebrew / BiblicalGith
Latin (classical)Nutmeg flower
English (botanical)Love-in-a-mist
English (garden variety)Fennel flower
English (common misnomer)Roman coriander
English (historical)Kolijara
Bengali (regional)Mungreal
Punjabi (regional)Svartkummin
SwedishSvartkarve
NorwegianSortkommen
DanishČernucha
Czech / SlovakCrni kumin
Bosnian / Croatian / SerbianNegruşcă
RomanianCzarnuszka
PolishFeketekömény
HungarianKalonji tel
Bengali (oil)45 recorded names across 41+ languages and traditions.
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