basmati

English

Etymology

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

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^[1]:

     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

• 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
• Korean: 바스마티 (baseumati)
• Swedish: basmatiris (sv) n

Indonesian

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

Noun

basmati

1. basmati

Spanish

Noun

basmati m (plural basmatis)

1. basmati

   Synonym: arroz basmati