azijn

• azijl (East and West Flanders)

From Middle Dutch aisine, aysijn, aysine, from Old French aisin, from Latin acetulum, from Latin acetum. Doublet of edik.

• IPA^(key): /aːˈzɛi̯n/

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• Hyphenation: azijn
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

azijn m (plural azijnen, diminutive azijntje n)

1. vinegar (condiment)

   Synonym: edik

-general:

-types of vinegar:

• Afrikaans: asyn
  • → Northern Sotho: asene
  • → Sotho: asene
  • → Tswana: asêine
  • → Xhosa: asine
• Negerhollands: assin, azin, asien
• → Aukan: asin
• → Caribbean Hindustani: ásin
• → Caribbean Javanese: asèn
• → Ga: asin
• → Sranan Tongo: asin

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch azijn.

azijn (plural azijn-azijn)

1. vinegar

   Synonym: cuka

• Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe [Dictionary Book: all foreign words which are commonly used in Malay newspapers], Batavia: Sin Po, page 20