"tzatziki" meaning in English

See tzatziki in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tsæˈtsi.ki/ [UK], /zæˈtsi.ki/ [UK], /sæˈtsi.ki/ [UK], /tsɑˈtsi.ki/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tzatziki.wav Forms: tzatzikis [plural]
Etymology: From Greek τζατζίκι (tzatzíki), from Ottoman Turkish جاجیگ (cacıg). Doublet of cacik. Etymology templates: {{der|en|el|τζατζίκι}} Greek τζατζίκι (tzatzíki), {{der|en|ota|جاجیگ|tr=cacıg}} Ottoman Turkish جاجیگ (cacıg), {{doublet|en|cacik}} Doublet of cacik Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} tzatziki (usually uncountable, plural tzatzikis)
  1. An appetizer made from yoghurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil and dill or mint; usually served with pitta bread and as a meze Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Foods Synonyms: tzadziki Related terms: cacik, raita Translations (appetizer made from yoghurt): xaxiq (Albanian), تساسيكى (tsāsīki) [masculine] (Arabic), جاجيك (ǧāǧīk) [masculine] (Arabic), ցացիկի (cʻacʻiki) (Armenian), cacıq (Azerbaijani), tzatziki [masculine] (Catalan), tzatziki [neuter] (Czech), tsatsiki (Finnish), tzatziki [masculine] (French), Zaziki [masculine, neuter] (German), Tsatsiki [masculine, neuter] (German), τζατζίκι (tzatzíki) [neuter] (Greek), tzatziki [masculine] (Italian), ザジキ (zajiki) (Japanese), 자지키 (jajiki) (Korean), ѕаѕи́ки (dzadzíki) [neuter] (Macedonian), tzatziki [masculine] (Occitan), tzatziki [nonvirile] (Polish), цаци́ки (cacíki) [plural] (Russian), дзадзи́ки (dzadzíki) [plural] (Russian), тцатци́ки (tcatcíki) [plural] (Russian), tzatziki [common-gender] (Swedish), tsatsiki [common-gender] (Swedish), cacık (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dzadzíki",
      "sense": "appetizer made from yoghurt",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "дзадзи́ки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tcatcíki",
      "sense": "appetizer made from yoghurt",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "тцатци́ки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "appetizer made from yoghurt",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tzatziki"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "appetizer made from yoghurt",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tsatsiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "appetizer made from yoghurt",
      "word": "cacık"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tzatziki"
}

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