ajvar
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian àjvār (“ajvar, caviar”). Doublet of caviar.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.vɑɹ/
Noun
ajvar (uncountable)
- A relish made principally out of red bell peppers, sometimes with eggplant, garlic and chili pepper, predominantly popular in the Western Balkans.
Translations
a kind of relish
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- hàjvār
Etymology
Via metathesis from Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar). Doublet of kȁvijār.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎjʋaːr/
- Hyphenation: aj‧var
Noun
àjvār m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀јва̄р)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | àjvār | ajvari |
| genitive | ajvára | ajvara |
| dative | ajvaru | ajvarima |
| accusative | ajvar | ajvare |
| vocative | ajvaru | ajvari |
| locative | ajvaru | ajvarima |
| instrumental | ajvarom | ajvarima |
References
- “ajvar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Swedish
Noun
ajvar c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | ajvar | ajvars |
| definite | ajvaren | ajvarens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |