Hungarian

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Etymology

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From its use in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, translating French Sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of the Ali Baba story in the One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛzaːmtaːrujː]

Phrase

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szezám, tárulj!

  1. open sesame!