तरकारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تره (tara, “vegetable”) + Tamil கறி (kaṟi). Compare Assamese তৰকাৰী (torkari), Bengali তরকারী (torkari).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪əɾ.kɑː.ɾiː/, [t̪ɐɾ.käː.ɾiː]

Noun

तरकारी • (tarkārī) f (Urdu spelling ترکاری)

1. (dialectal) (green) vegetables

   Synonyms: सब्ज़ी (sabzī), शाक (śāk)

   रोज़ नौकर से तरकारी मँगाई जाती है.

   roz naukar se tarkārī maṅgāī jātī hai.

   The servant is sent to get vegetables daily.

Declension

Declension of तरकारी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तरकारी tarkārī	तरकारियाँ tarkāriyā̃
oblique	तरकारी tarkārī	तरकारियों tarkāriyõ
vocative	तरकारी tarkārī	तरकारियो tarkāriyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तरकारी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ʌrkäɾi]
• Phonetic Devanagari: तर्कारि

Noun

तरकारी • (tarkārī)

1. vegetables
2. curry