هویج

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Corrupted from Arabic حَوَائِج القِدْر (ḥawāʔij al-qidr, kitchen provisions, literally the necessaries of the cooking pot).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? hawīj
Dari reading? hawīj
Iranian reading? havij
Tajik reading? havij

Noun

Dari زردک
Iranian Persian هویج
Tajik сабзӣ

هویج (havij)

  1. (obsolete) kitchen provision
  2. (Iran) carrot
    Synonyms: زردک (zardak), (archaic) گزر (gazar)

Usage notes

  • In Iranian Persian, هویج (havij) is typically used in reference to a cultivar of carrot imported from Europe known as هویج‌فرنگی (havij-farangi, literally European carrot), while the word زردک (zardak) is reserved for the varieties of carrot native to Iran.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: هاوج (havuc)

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