chickpea

See also: chick-pea

English

chickpea pods with chickpeas inside

Alternative forms

chick pea

Etymology

Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/
Hyphenation: chick‧pea
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Noun

chickpea (plural chickpeas)

An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo bean
Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content.

Derived terms

chickpea of the sea

Translations

plant

Albanian: qiqër (sq)
Arabic: حِمِّص‎ m (ḥimmiṣ)
Egyptian Arabic: حمص‎ m pl (ḥumuṣ)
Gulf Arabic: نخي‎ m (naḵi)
Moroccan Arabic: حمص‎ m (ḥammaṣ, ḥummuṣ)
Armenian: սիսեռ (hy) (siseṙ)
Old Armenian: սիսեռն (siseṙn)
Aromanian: tseatsiri f, arivitclju n
Assamese: বুট গছ (but gos)
Asturian: garbanzu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: noxud (az)
Bulgarian: нахут m (nahut), леблебия f (leblebija)
Catalan: cigronera f, (Algherese) ciuró (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鷹嘴豆／鹰嘴豆 (zh) (yīngzuǐdòu)
Crimean Tatar: nohut
Czech: cizrna (cs) f
Danish: kikært c
Dutch: kikkererwt (nl) c
Estonian: kikerhernes
Finnish: kikherne (fi)
French: pois chiche (fr) m
Friulian: piçûl m
Galician: garavanzo (gl) m
Gallurese: fasgiolu tundu
Georgian: მუხუდო (muxudo)
Greek: ρεβιθιά (el) f (revithiá)
Hebrew: חומוס‎ (he) m (ḥumuṣ)
Hungarian: csicseriborsó (hu)
Icelandic: kjúklingabaun f
Ido: garbanzo (io)
Interlingua: cice
Irish: sicphiseánach m
Italian: cece (it)
Kannada: ಕಡಲೆ (kn) (kaḍale)
Korean: 병아리콩 (byeong'arikong)
Macedonian: леблебија f (leblebija), наут m (naut), слануток m (slanutok)
Malayalam: കടല (ml) (kaṭala)
Maltese: ċiċra f
Polish: ciecierzyca (pl) f
Portuguese: grão-de-bico (pt) m
Romanian: năut (ro) m
Russian: нут (ru) m (nut), туре́цкий горо́х m (turéckij goróx), наха́т m (naxát), хуму́с (ru) m (xumús), бара́ний горо́х m (baránij goróx)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: cìxiri
Logudorese: basolu pittudu
Sassarese: fasgiorutòndu
Serbo-Croatian: slanutak (sh) m, сланутак m, leblebija (sh) f, леблебија f
Spanish: garbanzo (es) m
Swedish: kikärt (sv) c
Tagalog: garbansos
Turkish: nohut (tr)
Venetian: cexarìna f, pixól
Walloon: garvane (wa) f, poes d' souke (wa) m
Yiddish: נאַהיט‎ m (nahit), אַרבעס‎ m (arbes)

seed

Akkadian: 𒄬𒇻𒊒 (ḫallūru)
Albanian: qiqër (sq)
Arabic: حِمِّص‎ m (ḥimmiṣ)
Egyptian Arabic: حمص‎ m pl (ḥumuṣ)
Moroccan Arabic: حمص‎ m (ḥammaṣ, ḥummuṣ)
Armenian: սիսեռ (hy) (siseṙ)
Old Armenian: սիսեռն (siseṙn)
Aromanian: tseatsiri f, arivitclju n
Assamese: বুট (but)
Asturian: garbanzu (ast) m
Basque: txitxirio, garbantzu
Bulgarian: нахут m (nahut), леблебия f (leblebija)
Burmese: ကုလားပဲ (my) (ku.la:pai:), ပဲခြမ်း (my) (pai:hkram:), ပဲဆန် (my) (pai:hcan)
Catalan: cigró (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 雞心豆, 鸡心豆 (gai¹ sam¹ dau^6-2), 三角豆 (saam¹ gok³ dau^6-2)
Mandarin: 鷹嘴豆／鹰嘴豆 (zh) (yīngzuǐdòu)
Czech: cizrna (cs) f
Dalmatian: cič m
Danish: kikært c, kikærter pl
Dutch: kikkererwt (nl), keker (nl), kekererwt (nl), Spaanse erwt, kreukerwt
Esperanto: kikero
Estonian: kikerhernes
Faroese: kikertur m
Finnish: kikherne (fi), kahviherne (fi)
French: pois chiche (fr) m
Galician: garavanzo (gl) m
Gallurese: fasgiolu tundu
Georgian: მუხუდო (muxudo)
German: Kichererbse (de) f
Greek: ρεβίθι (el) n (revíthi)
Ancient: ἐρέβινθος m (erébinthos)
Hebrew: הומוס‎ m (humouss)
Hindi: काबुली चना m (kābulī canā), काबूली (hi) m (kābūlī), छोला (hi) m (cholā), चना (hi) m (canā)
Hungarian: csicseriborsó (hu)
Icelandic: kjúklingabaun f
Ido: garbanzo-semino
Irish: sicphiseánach m
Italian: cece (it) m
Japanese: ヒヨコ豆 (ひよこまめ, hiyokomame)
Kannada: ಕಡಲೆ (kn) (kaḍale)
Korean: 병아리콩 (byeong'arikong)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نۆک‎ (ku) (nok)
Latin: cicer n
Ligurian: çéixou m
Macedonian: леблебија f (leblebija), наут m (naut), слануток m (slanutok)
Malayalam: കടല (ml) (kaṭala)
Maltese: ċiċra f, ċiċri pl
Neapolitan: cìcero, cìcere pl
Occitan: céser (oc) m
Oromo: shunburaa
Persian: نخود‎ (fa) (noxod), نخودچی‎ (noxodči)
Polish: ciecierzyca (pl) f
Portuguese: grão-de-bico (pt) m
Punjabi: ਛੋਲਾ m (cholā)
Romanian: năut (ro) m
Romansch: chicra f
Russian: нут (ru) m (nut)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: cìxiri
Logudorese: basolu pittudu
Sassarese: fasgiorutòndu
Serbo-Croatian: slanutak (sh) m, сланутак m
Sicilian: cìciru (scn) m, cìciri (scn) pl
Slovak: cícer baraní (sk) m
Slovene: čičerika f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: šćerica f
Spanish: garbanzo (es) m
Swedish: kikärt (sv) c
Tagalog: garbansos
Telugu: సెనగ (senaga)
Turkish: nohut (tr)
Ukrainian: нут m (nut), турецький горох m (turecʹkyj horox)
Vietnamese: đậu gà
Walloon: garvane (wa) f, poes d' souke (wa) m
Welsh: gwygbys f pl, ffacbys f pl
Yiddish: נאַהיט‎ m (nahit), אַרבעס‎‎ m (arbes‎)

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