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skhug

/sxuːɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
skhug
IPA
/sxuːɡ/
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Middle Eastern hot sauce made from fresh hot peppers seasoned with coriander, garlic, and various spices.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Hebrew סְחוּג (skhug), from Yemeni Arabic سحوق (sḥūg).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: סְחוּג, سحوق, س ح ق

Usage

Inflected Forms

s'hug (alternative) schug (alternative) zhug (alternative) zhoug (alternative) s'chug (alternative) s'rug (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce skhug?
The recorded pronunciation is /sxuːɡ/.
What does skhug mean?
A Middle Eastern hot sauce made from fresh hot peppers seasoned with coriander, garlic, and various spices.
Where does skhug come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce skhug

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