caraway

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹəˌweɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/

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Noun

caraway (countable and uncountable, plural caraways)

1. A biennial plant, Carum carvi, 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.
   • 1897, Imogen Clark, Will Shakespeare's Little Lad

     I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways

   • 1916, The Country Gentleman

     the housewife of today can surely match the skill of those of three centuries ago and make "caraways” or cheesecakes

Synonyms

• Persian cumin

Derived terms

• black caraway
• caraway thyme

 

Translations

plant

Albanian: qimnon (sq) m Arabic: كَرَاوِيَا‎ f (karāwiyā), كَرَوْيَاء‎ f (karawyāʾ) 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: չաման (hy) (čʿaman) Basque: txarpoil Bulgarian: ким (bg) m (kim) Catalan: comí de prat m, alcaravia f Chinese: Mandarin: 葛縷子／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, herba doce f, carnabaza f Georgian: კვლიავი (ḳvliavi), ძირა (ʒira), ზირა (zira) German: Kümmel (de) m Greek: αγριοκύμινο (el) n (agriokýmino) Ancient: καρώ f (karṓ), κάρον n (káron) Hebrew: קִימֶל‎ m Hindi: विलायती जीरा m (vilāytī jīrā) Hungarian: kömény (hu) Irish: cearbhas m Italian: carvi m Indonesian: jintan (id) Latvian: ķimene f Lithuanian: kmynas f Low German: (East Low German) Kæm m Macedonian: ким m (kim) Malay: jintan (ms) Maori: karowi Middle English: caraway, carvi Norman: carawé m Norwegian: kummin ?, karve (no) m or c Persian: زیره سیاه‎ (zīre siyâh), کراویا‎ (fa) (karâviyâ) Polish: kminek (pl) m Portuguese: alcaravia (pt) f, cariz (pt) m, cominho m Romanian: chimen (ro) m 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) c Tatar: please add this translation if you can Tocharian B: ajamot ? Turkish: frenk kimyonu, çemen (tr) 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 (karawyāʾ) 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: չաման (hy) (čʿaman) Bulgarian: кимион (bg) m (kimion) Catalan: comí de prat m, alcaravia f Chinese: Mandarin: 葛縷子籽／葛缕子籽 (gělǚzi zǐ) Czech: kmín (cs) m Danish: kommen (da) c Dutch: karwij (nl) m or f, karwijzaad (nl) 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 f (karṓ), κάρον n (káron) Hebrew: קִימֶל‎ m Hungarian: köménymag (hu) Italian: carvi m, cumino dei prati m Icelandic: kúmen (is) n Indonesian: jintan (id) Latvian: ķimenes f pl Low German: (East Low German) Kæm m Macedonian: ким m (kim) Malay: jintan (ms) Maori: karowi Norman: carawé m Norwegian: kummin ?, karve (no) m or c Polish: kminek (pl) m Portuguese: alcaravia (pt) f, cariz (pt) m Romanian: chimen (ro) m 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) c 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

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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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarwiː/, /ˈkarəˌwiː/, /-wɛi̯/

Noun

caraway (uncountable)

1. Caraway or its seed.

   Synonym: carvi

Descendants

• English: caraway

References

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