Etymology

adjika

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Today it means: A hot, spicy but subtly flavoured paste often used to flavour food, mainly in the Caucasian regions of Abkhazia and Samegrelo. Full definition →

Russian аджи́ка ← ab аџьыка
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  1. ab · derived fromаџьыка
  2. Russian · borrowed fromаджи́ка
  3. English todayadjika

Borrowed from Russian аджи́ка (adžíka), from Abkhaz аџьыка (adžəkʼa); see there for more.

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