different between ajwain vs caraway

English

Alternative forms

• ajouan, ajowan, ajowain, ajwan

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ?????? (ajv?in).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d?wa?n/, /?æd?wa?n/

Noun

ajwain (plural ajwains)

1. A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi), and its seed-like fruit, which is used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor.

Synonyms

• bishop's weed
• carom

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English caraway, carewey, carwey, from Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic ??????????? (kar?wiy?), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek ???? (kar?), ????? (káron, “caraway”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæ???we?/

Noun

caraway (countable and uncountable, plural caraways)

1. A biennial plant, Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
2. The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
3. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
   • 1897, Imogen Clark, Will Shakespeare's Little Lad

     I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways

   • 1916, The Country Gentleman

     the housewife of today can surely match the skill of those of three centuries ago and make "caraways” or cheesecakes

Synonyms

• Persian cumin

Translations

Further reading

• caraway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “caraway” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “caraway”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• carewey, careway, carwey, carway, carawey, careaway, carewy, carwy, careeaway, charuwe

Etymology

From Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic ???????????? (kar?wiyy?), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek ???? (kar?), ????? (káron, “caraway”). Doublet of carvi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?karwi?/, /?kar??wi?/, /-w?i?/

Noun

caraway (uncountable)

1. Caraway or its seed.

   Synonym: carvi

Descendants

• English: caraway

References

• “carewei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-26.