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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish chrzan, from Proto-Slavic *xrěnъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
chrzan m inan
- horseradish (the root and the sauce)
Z powodu korzeni trudno wypleć chrzan z ogrodu.- Because of the roots, it is difficult to weed out horseradish from the garden.
1912, Maryla Wolska, “Konkurent”, in Michał Pawlikowski, editor, Lamus, number 4, Księgarnia H. Altenberga, archived from the original on 2022-07-09, page 110:Pierwsza Witka brodzi długiemi nogami w dzikich marchwiach i chrzanach...- First, Witka wades on long legs through the wild carrot and horseradish plants...
1975, Remigiusz Napiórkowski, Ostatnia wieczerza, Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, archived from the original on 2022-07-09, page 91:Takie chrzany nigdzie nie rosną, tylko tutaj. Szkoda mi się zrobiła chrzanów. Zlazłem z dylowania i siedziadłem między chrzanami.- Such horseradishes don't grow anywhere but here. I had grown to feel regret for the horseradishes. I had gotten off the wooden fence and I was sitting between the horseradishes.
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Further reading
- chrzan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chrzan in Polish dictionaries at PWN