tzatziki

English

A bowl of tzatziki

Alternative forms

• tzadziki

Etymology

From Greek τζατζίκι (tzatzíki), from Ottoman Turkish جاجیق (cacık). 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/, /tsætˈsi.ki/, /tætˈsi.ki/, /təˈzi.ki/, /səˈzi.ki/

Noun

tzatziki (usually uncountable, plural tzatzikis)

1. An appetizer made from yogurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil and dill or mint; usually served with pita bread and as a meze

Translations

appetizer made from yoghurt

• Albanian: xaxiq m
• Arabic: تْسَاسِيكِي m (tsāsīkī), جَاجِيك m (jājīk)
• Armenian: ցացիկի (cʻacʻiki), ձաձիկի (jajiki)
• Azerbaijani: cacıq
• Belarusian: цацы́кі pl (cacýki), дзадзы́кі pl (dzadzýki), джаджы́к m (džadžýk) (Turkish style)
• Bulgarian: дзадзи́ки n (dzadzíki), джаджъ́к m (džadžắk) (Turkish style)
• Catalan: tzatziki m
• Czech: tzatziki (cs) n
• Danish: tzatziki c
• Finnish: tsatsiki (fi)
• French: tzatziki (fr) m
• Georgian: ძაძიკი (ʒaʒiḳi)
• German: Zaziki (de) n or m, Tsatsiki (de) n or m
• Greek: τζατζίκι (el) n (tzatzíki)

  Cypriot Greek: ταλαττούρι n (talattoúri), τζαντζίκι n (tzantzíki)

• Hindi: त्ज़ात्ज़िकी (tzātzikī)
• Italian: tzatziki m
• Japanese: ザジキ (zajiki)
• Korean: 자지키 (jajiki)
• Macedonian: ѕаѕи́ки n (dzadzíki), цаци́ки n (cacíki), зази́ки n (zazíki)
• Occitan: tzatziki m
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تْزاتْزیکی (tzâtziki), جاجیک (jâjik) (Turkish style)

• Polish: tzatziki (pl) n, caciki n, cacyki (pl) n
• Russian: цаци́ки pl (cacíki), дзадзи́ки (ru) pl (dzadzíki), тцатци́ки pl (tcatcíki), джаджи́к m (džadžík) (Turkish style)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цацики n

  Latin: caciki n

• Spanish: zaziki
• Swedish: tzatziki (sv) c, tsatsiki c
• Turkish: cacık (tr), caciki (Greek specific)

  Ottoman Turkish: جاجیق (cacık)

• Ukrainian: дзадзи́кі pl (dzadzýki), цаци́кі pl (cacýki), джаджи́к m (džadžýk) (Turkish style)

See also

• cacik
• raita

References

• “tzatziki”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “tzatziki”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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 at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

Danish

Etymology

Via Greek τζατζίκι (tzatzíki), Derived from Ottoman Turkish جاجیق (cacık).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dsɑdˈsiɡi]

Noun

tzatziki (singular definite tzatzikien, not used in plural form)

1. (usually uncountable) tzatziki

   Synonym: græsk agurkesalat

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^[1] (in Polish)

Swedish

en skål med tzatziki [a bowl of tzatziki]

Alternative forms

• tsatsiki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsaˈtsiːkɪ/

Noun

tzatziki c

1. tzatziki

Declension

Declension of tzatziki

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tzatziki	tzatzikis
	definite	tzatzikin	tzatzikins
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “tzatziki”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tzatziki”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)