ajvar

English

Alternative forms

• ayvar

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian àjvār (“ajvar, caviar”). Doublet of caviar.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.vɑɹ/

Noun

ajvar (uncountable)

1. A relish made principally out of red bell peppers, sometimes with eggplant, garlic and chili pepper, predominantly popular in the Western Balkans.

Translations

a kind of relish

• Hungarian: ajvár (hu)
• Macedonian: ајвар m (ajvar)
• Polish: ajwar (pl) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀јва̄р m

  Roman: àjvār (sh) m

• Swedish: ajvar c

Anagrams

• Vajra, vajra

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hàjvār

Etymology

Via metathesis from Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎjʋaːr/
• Hyphenation: aj‧var

Noun

àjvār m (Cyrillic spelling а̀јва̄р)

1. caviar
2. ajvar

Declension

Declension of ajvar

	singular	plural
nominative	àjvār	ajvari
genitive	ajvára	ajvara
dative	ajvaru	ajvarima
accusative	ajvar	ajvare
vocative	ajvaru	ajvari
locative	ajvaru	ajvarima
instrumental	ajvarom	ajvarima

References

• “ajvar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Noun

ajvar c

1. ajvar

Declension

Declension of ajvar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ajvar	ajvars
	definite	ajvaren	ajvarens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• ajvar in Svensk ordbok (SO)