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)