lekvar

[ lek-vahr ]

nounHungarian Cooking.
  1. a soft, jamlike spread made of sweetened prunes or apricots.

Origin of lekvar

1
1955–60; <Hungarian lekvár jam, marmalade <Slovak, by-form of Czech lektvar electuary <Middle High German la(c)twārje, latwērge (German Latwerge) <Old French leitüaire, laitüaire<Late Latin ēlēctuāriumelectuary

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