caraway

See also: Caraway

English

caraway, habitat

caraway seeds

Etymology

From Middle English caraway, carewey, carwey, from Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron, “caraway”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/

Noun

caraway (countable and uncountable, plural caraways)

1. A biennial plant, , native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
2. The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
3. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
   • (Can we date this quote?). Cogan:

     Caraways, or biscuits, or some other comfits.

Synonyms

• Persian cumin

Translations

plant

• Albanian: qimnon (sq) m
• Arabic: كَرَاوِيَا f (karāwiyā), كَرَوْيَاء f (karawyāʔ)

  Egyptian Arabic: كرويا f (karawyā)

• Aramaic:

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic:כַרְוָיָא f (karwāyā)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: כרבייא m

  Classical Syriac: ܟܲܪܘܵܝܵܐ f (karwāyā), ܟܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ f (kārwāyā), ܟܲܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ f (karawāyā), ܟܵܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ f (kārawāyā)

• Armenian: քեմոն (hy) (kʻemon), քիմոն (hy) (kʻimon), հայոց չաման (hayocʻ čʻaman), ճապուռ (hy) (čapuṙ), հայչաման (hayčʻaman), զիրե (hy) (zire)
• Bulgarian: кимио̀н m (kimiòn)
• Catalan: comí de prat m, alcaravia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葛縷子／葛缕子 (zh) (gělǚzi), 葛缕子 (zh) (gělǚzi)

• Czech: kmín (cs) m
• Danish: kommen (da) c
• Dutch: karwij (nl) m or f
• Estonian: köömen
• Faroese: kumman n, danskt kumman n
• Finnish: kumina (fi)
• French: carvi (fr) m
• Galician: carvea (gl) f
• Georgian: კვლიავი (ḳvliavi), ძირა (ʒira), ზირა (zira)
• German: Kümmel (de) m
• Greek: αγριοκύμινο (el) n (agriokýmino)

  Ancient: καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron)

• Hebrew: קִימֶל
• Hindi: विलायती जीरा m (vilāytī jīrā)
• Hungarian: kömény (hu)
• Irish: cearbhas m
• Italian: carvi m
• Indonesian: jintan (id)
• Latvian: ķimene f
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• Lithuanian: kmynas f
• Low German: (East Low German) Kæm m
• Macedonian: ким m (kim)
• Malay: jintan
• Maori: karowi
• Middle English: caraway, carvi
• Norman: carawé m
• Norwegian: kummin, karve (no)
• Persian: زیره سیاه (zīre siyâh), کراویا (fa) (karâviyâ)
• Polish: kminek (pl) m
• Portuguese: alcaravia (pt) f, cariz (pt) m
• Romanian: chimen (ro)
• Russian: тмин (ru) m (tmin)
• Scots: carvey
• Scottish Gaelic: carbhaidh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ки̏м m

  Roman: kȉm (sh) m

• Slovak: rasca (sk) f
• Slovene: kumina (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: garba f

• Spanish: alcaravea (es) f
• Svan: გიცვრილ (gicvril)
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kummin (sv)
• Tatar: please add this translation if you can
• Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: кмин m (kmyn)
• Volapük: karvid
• Welsh: carwe m

seed/fruit

• Albanian: qimnon (sq) m
• Arabic: كَرَاوِيَا f (karāwiyā), كَرَوْيَاء f (karawyāʔ)

  Egyptian Arabic: كرويا f (karawyā)

• Aramaic:

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic:כַרְוָיָא f (karwāyā)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: כרבייא m

  Classical Syriac: ܟܲܪܘܵܝܵܐ f (karwāyā), ܟܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ f (kārwāyā), ܟܲܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ f (karawāyā), ܟܵܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ f (kārawāyā)

• Bulgarian: кимион m (kimion)
• Catalan: comí de prat m, alcaravia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葛縷子籽／葛缕子籽 (gělǚzi zǐ), 葛缕子籽 (gělǚzi zǐ)

• Czech: kmín (cs) m
• Danish: kommen (da) c
• Dutch: karwij (nl) m or f, karwijzaad n
• Finnish: kumina (fi)
• French: carvi (fr) m
• Georgian: კვლიავი (ḳvliavi), ძირა (ʒira), ზირა (zira)
• German: Kümmel (de) m
• Greek: αγριοκύμινο (el) n (agriokýmino)

  Ancient: καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron)

• Hebrew: קִימֶל
• Hungarian: köménymag (hu)
• Italian: carvi m, cumino dei prati m
• Indonesian: jintan (id)
• Latvian: ķimenes f pl
• Low German: (East Low German) Kæm m
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• Macedonian: ким m (kim)
• Malay: jintan
• Maori: karowi
• Norman: carawé m
• Norwegian: kummin, karve (no)
• Polish: kminek (pl) m
• Portuguese: alcaravia (pt) f, cariz (pt) m
• Romanian: chimen (ro)
• Russian: тмин (ru) m (tmin)
• Scots: carvey
• Scottish Gaelic: carbhaidh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ки̏м m

  Roman: kȉm (sh) m

• Slovak: rasca (sk) f
• Slovene: kumina (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: garba f

• Spanish: carvis m pl, alcaravea (es) f
• Swedish: kummin (sv)
• Tatar: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: కారవి (kāravi)
• Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: кмин m (kmyn)
• Volapük: karvidasid, karvidasids

Further reading

• caraway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “caraway”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “caraway”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• carewey, careway, carwey, carway, carawey, careaway, carewy, carwy, careeaway, charuwe

Etymology

From Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَّا (karāwiyyā), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron, “caraway”). Doublet of carvi.

Noun

caraway (uncountable)

1. Caraway or its seed.

Synonyms

• carvi

Descendants

• English: caraway

References

• “carewei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-26.