炸ざー

prefix

deep-fried

Prefix used in names of Chinese dishes to indicate deep-frying, e.g., 炸醤麺 (ジャージアンメン, zhájiàngmiàn). Not a freely productive prefix in Japanese.

from Chinese zhá

• 炸醤麺じゃーじあんめんは、炸ざーの字じが示しめすように、肉にく味み噌そを油あぶらで炒いためて作つくる。

  Zhajiangmian, as the character 炸 indicates, is made by frying the meat sauce in oil.