bżar

Maltese

Root
b-ż-r
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَبْزار‎ (ʾabzār, “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

pepper (spice)

Noun

bżar m (collective, singulative bżaru or bżara, paucal bżariet)

sweet pepper, bell pepper; sweet pepper, bell peppers (several peppers; pepper as a species or mass)