tzatziki

English

A bowl of tzatziki

Alternative forms

• tzadziki

Etymology

From Greek τζατζίκι (tzatzíki), from Ottoman Turkish جاجیگ (cacıg). Doublet of cacik.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tsæˈtsi.ki/, /zæˈtsi.ki/, /sæˈtsi.ki/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /tsɑˈtsi.ki/

Noun

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

Translations

appetizer made from yoghurt

• Albanian: xaxiq
• Arabic: تساسيكى m (tsāsīki), جاجيك m (ǧāǧīk)
• Armenian: ցացիկի (cʻacʻiki)
• Azerbaijani: cacıq
• Catalan: tzatziki m
• Czech: tzatziki (cs) n
• Finnish: tsatsiki (fi)
• French: tzatziki (fr) m
• German: Zaziki (de) n or m, Tsatsiki (de) n or m
• Greek: τζατζίκι (el) n (tzatzíki)
• Italian: tzatziki m
• Japanese: ザジキ (zajiki)
• Korean: 자지키 (jajiki)
• Macedonian: ѕаѕи́ки n (dzadzíki)
• Occitan: tzatziki m
• Polish: tzatziki (pl) nvir
• Russian: цаци́ки pl (cacíki), дзадзи́ки (ru) pl (dzadzíki), тцатци́ки pl (tcatcíki)
• Swedish: tzatziki (sv) c, tsatsiki c
• Turkish: cacık (tr)

See also

• cacik
• raita

Further reading

• tzatziki on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sat͡sɪkɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɪkɪ

Noun

tzatziki n (indeclinable)

1. tzatziki (an appetizer made from yoghurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil, dill or mint)

Further reading

• tzatziki in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tsatsiki

Noun

tzatziki m (definite singular tzatzikien, indefinite plural tzatzikier, definite plural tzatzikiene)

1. (usually uncountable) tzatziki

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tsatsiki

Noun

tzatziki m (definite singular tzatzikien, indefinite plural tzatzikiar, definite plural tzatzikiane)

1. (usually uncountable) tzatziki

Polish

tzatziki

Alternative forms

• caciki, dzadziki

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Greek τζατζίκι (tzatzíki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡saˈt͡si.ki/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iki
• Syllabification: tza‧tzi‧ki

Noun

tzatziki nvir pl (indeclinable)

1. tzatziki (appetizer made from yoghurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil, and dill or mint; usually served with pitta bread and as a meze)

Declension

Declension of tzatziki

	plural
nominative	tzatziki
genitive	tzatzików
dative	tzatzikom
accusative	tzatziki
instrumental	tzatzikami
locative	tzatzikach
vocative	tzatziki

or

Indeclinable

Further reading

• tzatziki in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

• tsatsiki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsaˈtsiːkɪ/

Noun

tzatziki c

1. tzatziki

Declension

Declension of tzatziki
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tzatziki	tzatzikin	—	—
Genitive	tzatzikis	tzatzikins	—	—

References

• tzatziki in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tzatziki in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)