Tahini is a loanword from modern Greek tachíni (ταχίνι), which is from the colloquial Levantine pronunciation of Arabic ṭaḥīna (طحينة), or more accurately ṭaḥīniyya (طحينية), whence also English tahina.It is derived from the root ط ح ن Ṭ-Ḥ-N, which as a verb طحن ṭaḥana means "to grind", and also produces the word طحين ṭaḥīn, "flour" in some ...
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