bottarga

English

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bottarga

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• botargo, puttargo, poutargue, boutargue, botarga, batarekh, avgotaraho

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bottarga. Doublet of tarek.

Pronunciation

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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:

     In case you’re wondering, my foodstuff was about six pounds of bottarga.

Translations

Mediterranean dish

French: poutargue (fr) f, boutargue (fr) f Greek: αβγοτάραχο (el) n (avgotáracho) Maltese: putarga f Serbo-Croatian: bùtārga / бу̀та̄рга f

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

Related terms

• 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

Further reading

• bottarga on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it