هویج

Persian

Alternative forms

• حویج (havij)

Etymology

Corrupted from Arabic حَوَائِج القِدْر (ḥawāʔij al-qidr, “kitchen provisions”, literally “the necessaries of the cooking pot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ha.ˈwiːd͡ʒ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.wiːd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.wiːd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.wiːd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.wid͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.viːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.vid͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hawīj
Dari reading?	hawīj
Iranian reading?	havij
Tajik reading?	havij

Noun

Dari	زردک
Iranian Persian	هویج
Tajik	сабзӣ

هویج • (havij)

1. (obsolete) kitchen provision
2. (Iran) carrot

   Synonyms: زردک (zardak), (archaic) گزر (gazar)

Usage notes

• In Iranian Persian, هویج (havij) is typically used in reference to a cultivar of carrot imported from Europe known as هویج‌فرنگی (havij-farangi, literally “European carrot”), while the word زردک (zardak) is reserved for the varieties of carrot native to Iran.

Derived terms

• آب‌هویج (âb-havij, “carrot juice”)
• هویج وحشی (havij-e vahši, “wild carrot”)
• هویجخانه (havij-xâne, “storehouse”)
• هویج‌فرنگی (havij-farangi, “cultivar of carrot imported from Europe”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: هاوج (havuc)
  • Turkish: havuç
  • → Armenian: հավուճ (havuč)

See also

• شقاقل (šaqâqol, “parsnip”)