ajvar

English

Alternative forms

ayvar

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

Hungarian: ajvár (hu)
Macedonian: ајвар m (ajvar)
Polish: ajwar (pl) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀јва̄р m

Roman: àjvār (sh) m
Swedish: ajvar c

Anagrams

Vajra, vajra

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

hàjvār

Etymology

Via metathesis from Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǎjʋaːr/
Hyphenation: aj‧var

Noun

àjvār m (Cyrillic spelling а̀јва̄р)

caviar
ajvar

Declension

Declension of ajvar

	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

Swedish

Noun

ajvar c

ajvar

Declension

Declension of ajvar
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ajvar	ajvaren	—	—
Genitive	ajvars	ajvarens	—	—

References

ajvar in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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