ঝালফ্রেজী

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Bengali

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A plate of chicken jalfrezi.

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Etymology

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From ঝাল (jhal, spicy) + ফ্রেজী (frejī), with the latter being a colloquial form of পরহেজী (porhejī, dietary, suitable for a diet), from পরহেজ (porhej), from Classical Persian پرهیز (parhiz, diet), from Middle Persian pʾhlyc (pahrēz, defence; care).

Noun

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ঝালফ্রেজী (jhalphrejī) (objective ঝালফ্রেজী (jhalophreji) or ঝালফ্রেজীকে (jhalophrejike), genitive ঝালফ্রেজীর (jhalophrejir), locative ঝালফ্রেজীতে (jhalophrejite))

  1. jalfrezi; a Bengali curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat by the addition of green chillis.

Descendants

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