bottarga

bottarga

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bottarga. Doublet of tarek.

Pronunciation

Noun

bottarga (usually uncountable, plural bottargas)

  1. A Mediterranean dish of cured fish roe
    • 2007 May 22, Steve Jenkins, “Culinary Adventures in the Customs Lane”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      In case you’re wondering, my foodstuff was about six pounds of bottarga.

Translations

Italian

Alternative forms

  • pottarga

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic بُطَارِخ (buṭāriḵ).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /botˈtar.ɡa/
    • Rhymes: -arɡa
    • Hyphenation: bot‧tàr‧ga

    Noun

    bottarga f (plural bottarghe)

    1. a Mediterranean dish of cured fish roe
    2. botargo
    3. salted mullet roe
    • bottarga di muggine

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: botàriga
    • → English: bottarga
    • → German: Bottarga
    • → Maltese: putarga, puttarga, potarga, pitarga
    • → Medieval Latin: butarigus
    • → Serbo-Croatian: bùtārga / бу̀та̄рга
    • → Spanish: botarga
    • → Portuguese: butarga

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