هویج

Persian

Alternative forms

حویج (havij)

Etymology

Corrupted from Arabic حَوَائِج ال قِدْر (ḥawāʔij al-qidr, “kitchen provisions”, literally “the necessaries of the cooking pot”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ha.ˈwiːd͡ʒ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.wiːd͡ʒ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.wiːd͡ʒ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.wid͡ʒ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.viːd͡ʒ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.vid͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hawīj
Dari reading^?	hawīj
Iranian reading^?	havij
Tajik reading^?	havij

Noun


Dari	زردک
Iranian Persian	هویج
Tajik	сабзӣ

هویج • (havij)

(obsolete) kitchen provision
(Iran) carrot
Synonyms: زردک (zardak), (archaic) گزر (gazar)

Usage notes

In Iranian Persian, (havij) is typically used in reference to a cultivar of carrot imported from Europe known as (havij-farangi, literally “European carrot”), while the word (zardak) is reserved for the varieties of carrot native to Iran.

Derived terms

آب‌هویج (âb-havij, “carrot juice”)
هویج وحشی (havij-e vahši, “wild carrot”)
هویجخانه (havij-xâne, “storehouse”)
هویج‌فرنگی (havij-farangi, “cultivar of carrot imported from Europe”)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: هاوج (havuc)
- > Turkish: havuç (inherited)

See also

شقاقل (šaqâqol, “parsnip”)