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nihari.

A South Asian stew of slow-cooked beef or lamb with bone marrow.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A South Asian stew of slow-cooked beef or lamb with bone marrow.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi निहारी (nihārī), नहारी (nahārī) / Urdu نَہَارِی (nahārī)), from Classical Persian نهاری (nahārī, “breakfast”), from Arabic نهار (nahār, “daytime, day”).

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