Caviar Definition
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Noun
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Origin of Caviar
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Alteration of earlier caviarie (probably from obsolete Italian caviari) (pl. of caviaro) or from French caviare both from Turkish havyar from Persian khāviyār probably from a Caspian Iranian dialect variant of Persian khāya-dār egg-holding (as in māhī-i khāya-dār egg-holding fish) khāya egg (from Middle Persian xāyag awi- in Indo-European roots) -dār holder zamindar
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Alteration of earlier caviarie (probably from obsolete Italian caviari) (pl. of caviaro) or from French caviare both from Turkish havyar from Persian khāviyār probably from a Caspian Iranian dialect variant of Persian khāya-dār egg-holding (as in māhī-i khāya-dār egg-holding fish) khāya egg (from Middle Persian xāyag awi- in Indo-European roots) -dār holder zamindar
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French caviar, from Turkish havyar, probably from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr), from خایه (xâye, “egg”).
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