adjika

English

adjika

Alternative forms

• adzhika
• ajika

Etymology

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

Noun

adjika (uncountable)

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

Translations

spicy paste from the Caucasus

• Abkhaz: аџьыка (adžəkʼa)
• Armenian: աջիկա (hy) (aǰika)
• Azerbaijani: acika
• Belarusian: аджы́ка f (adžýka)
• Czech: adžika f
• French: adjika (fr)
• Georgian: აჯიკა (aǯiḳa)
• German: Adschika f
• Polish: adżyka (pl) f, adżika (pl) f
• Russian: аджи́ка (ru) f (adžíka)
• Turkish: acuka
• Turkmen: ajyga
• Ukrainian: аджи́ка f (adžýka)

Further reading

• adjika on Wikipedia.Wikipedia