basmati

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

basmati

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Hindi बासमती (bāsmatī, literally “fragrant”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bæzˈmɑːti/, /bæzˈmæti/, /bɑːzˈmɑːti/

Noun

basmati (countable and uncountable, plural basmatis)

1. A variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.
   • 2007 June 21, Alissa J. Rubin, “Shiite Rivalries Slash at a Once Calm Iraqi City”, in New York Times‎:

     Diwaniya is the capital of the almost completely Shiite farming province of Qadisiya, known for its marshy fields where farmers grow aromatic ambar rice, similar to India’s basmati.

Synonyms

• basmati rice

Translations

rice

Arabic: بَسْمَتِي (basmati) Catalan: arròs basmati m Chinese: Mandarin: 印度香米 (Yìndù xiāngmǐ) Dutch: basmati (nl) m, basmatirijst (nl) m Esperanto: basmatio Finnish: basmatiriisi (fi) Indonesian: basmati Italian: basmati m Korean: 바스마티 (baseumati) Swedish: basmatiris (sv) n

References

1. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/basmati

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

basmati

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From English basmati, from Hindi बासमती (bāsmatī, literally “fragrant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basˈmati/
• Hyphenation: bas‧ma‧ti

Noun

basmati (first-person possessive basmatiku, second-person possessive basmatimu, third-person possessive basmatinya)

1. (cooking) basmati: a variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.

Further reading

• “basmati” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

basmati

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈzma.ti/
• Rhymes: -ati
• Hyphenation: ba‧smà‧ti

Noun

basmati m (usually uncountable)

1. basmati

Spanish

Noun

basmati m (plural basmatis)

1. basmati

   Synonym: arroz basmati