awaze

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/ɑˈwɑ.zeɪ/

noun

A spicy sauce or paste, made with chili peppers and usually reddish in colour, used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.

OriginAmharic አዋዜ →
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Meanings

nounawaze (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA spicy sauce or paste, made with chili peppers and usually reddish in colour, used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.

    Today her short fingernails are tinged yellow from turmeric, on the back of her wrist a dot of awaze, the red pepper paste gleaming like fresh blood.

    2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 21

Origin

  1. Amharicአዋዜ
  2. Englishawaze

From Amharic አዋዜ (ʾäwaze).

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APA

awaze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awaze

MLA

“awaze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awaze. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “awaze,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awaze.

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