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

• Audio (US):

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Noun

chickpea (plural chickpeas)

1. An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.

   Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo

2. 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)
• German: Kichererbse (de) f
• 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)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: nok (ku) f, nuhk (ku) f

• 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
• Tamil: கடலை (ta) (kaṭalai)
• Turkish: nohut (tr)
• Venetan: cexarìna f, pixól
• Walloon: garvane (wa) f, poes d' souke (wa) m
• Yiddish: נאַהיט m (nahit), אַרבעס m (arbes)

seed

• Afrikaans: kekerertjie
• 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 (nok)

  Northern Kurdish: nok (ku) f, nuhk (ku) f

• Latin: cicer n
• Ligurian: çéixou m
• Lithuanian: avinžirnis 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, cese (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)
• Thai: ถั่วหัวช้าง
• Turkish: nohut (tr)
• Ukrainian: нут m (nut), турецький горох m (turecʹkyj horox)
• Urdu: چھولا m (cholā)
• 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)

See also

• chickpea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cicer arietinum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cicer arietinum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• peachick