adjika

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noun

A hot, spicy but subtly flavoured paste often used to flavour food, mainly in the Caucasian regions of Abkhazia and Samegrelo.

OriginRussian аджи́ка ← ab аџьыка →
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Meanings

nounadjika (uncountable)

alternative adzhika · alternative ajika

  1. uncountableA hot, spicy but subtly flavoured paste often used to flavour food, mainly in the Caucasian regions of Abkhazia and Samegrelo.

Origin

  1. abаџьыка
  2. Russianаджи́ка
  3. Englishadjika

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

More words from Russian, ab

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Translations

Czech adžika
  • adžikaspicy paste from the Caucasus
French adjika
  • adjikaspicy paste from the Caucasus
German Adschika
  • Adschikaspicy paste from the Caucasus
Polish adżyka, adżika
  • adżykaspicy paste from the Caucasus
  • adżikaspicy paste from the Caucasus
Russian аджи́ка
  • аджи́ка (adžíka)spicy paste from the Caucasus
Turkish acuka
  • acukaspicy paste from the Caucasus
Ukrainian аджи́ка
  • аджи́ка (adžýka)spicy paste from the Caucasus
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APA

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MLA

“adjika.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjika. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adjika,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjika.

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