单词 | achar |
释义 | acharn. In South Asian cookery: a type of pickle or relish made from fruit or vegetables preserved in spiced oil or vinegar. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > relish > [noun] > pickles or chutney achar1598 conditurea1682 pickle1693 chutney1813 mixed pickles1857 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lxxxiii. 129/1 When they [sc. the fruit Anacardi] are green, they make Achar [Du. achar] thereof, that is to say, they salt them and lay them in Vineger. 1628 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 301 Some achar of severall kinds, but espetially of wild garlicke. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiv. 391 Achar, I presume, signifies Sawce. They make [it] in the East Indies, especially at Siam and Pegu. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxi. 249 A little Rice boyled in Water, with a little Bit of salt Fish, or Atchaar, which is pickled Fruits or Roots. 1798 S. H. Wilcocke tr. J. S. Stavorinus Voy. E.-Indies I. 237 When green it [sc. the Mango] is made into Attjar. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 9 Achiar; an Eastern condiment, formed of the young shoots of Bambusa arundinacea. 1927 C. G. Botha Social Life in Cape Colony 57 The condiments as ‘atjar’ made from apricots or from chillies, ‘blatjang’ and ‘sambal’ are too well known to dilate on. 1947 L. G. Green Tavern of Seas 65 Atjar (the red cabbage pickle of the Malays). 1999 C. B. Divakaruni Sister of my Heart ii. x. 239 At the oddest moments I go crazy with hunger, but only for certain things—mango achar flecked with chillies, or pizza for breakfast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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