bżar

Maltese
Root
b-ż-r
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧أَبْزار⁩ (ʔabzār, “spice”). The specific sense “pepper” also in Moroccan Arabic ⁧بزار⁩ (bzār). Compare further the unrelated but similar-sounding Arabic ⁧بَهار⁩ (bahār, “spice”), whence North Levantine Arabic ⁧بهار⁩ (bhār, “pepper”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bzaːr/
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

bżar m

  1. pepper (spice)

Noun

bżar m (collective, singulative bżaru or bżara, paucal bżariet)

  1. sweet pepper, bell pepper; sweet pepper, bell peppers (several peppers; pepper as a species or mass)
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