Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adjika

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ad-ji-ka
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: аджи́ка, аџьыка

Usage

Inflected Forms

adzhika (alternative) ajika (alternative)

Questions

What does adjika mean?
A hot, spicy but subtly flavoured paste often used to flavour food, mainly in the Caucasian regions of Abkhazia and Samegrelo.
Where does adjika come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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