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- Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromàjvār“ajvar, caviar”
- English todayajvar
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian àjvār (“ajvar, caviar”). Doublet of caviar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A relish made principally out of red bell peppers, sometimes with eggplant, garlic and chili pepper, predominantly popular in the Western Balkans. Full definition →
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian àjvār (“ajvar, caviar”). Doublet of caviar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.