masala

See also: Masala

English

Borrowed from Hindustani مصالحہ (maṣālḥa, maṣāliḥa) / मसाला (masālā, “spice(s)”), from Classical Persian (masālih, “affairs, materials, spices”), plural of (maslahat, “affair, policy, best thing to do”), both from Arabic, derived from صَلَحَ (ṣalaḥa, “be fit, competent, usable”).

masala (countable and uncountable, plural masalas or masale)

Any of many blends of spices used in Indian cuisine, most often containing cardamom, coriander, mace together with pepper, nutmeg, fennel seeds, jeera etc.
- 2017 July 12, Sanjiv Khamgaonkar, “40 Mumbai foods we can’t live without”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  A couple of vegetables, sambar (spicy and sour lentils and vegetables boiled with masalas and spices), rasam (a hot and fiery lentil soup-like dish) and curds (yoghurt) served with heaps of rice and eaten in that order. […] Basically, it’s a juicy naan bread with an egg coating, stuffed with mutton or chicken, rolled up and sprinkled with a unique masala that gives it its special flavor.
- 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 3:
  When she cooked, she reached out for bottles and masalas without glancing up.
Any dish prepared with such spices.
We ordered two lamb bhunas and a masala.
Any powder of ground ingredients, not necessarily used in cuisine.

masala f (plural masalale)

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Declension of **masala**
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	masala	masalaua	masalale	masalalele
genitive-dative	masalale	masalalei	masalale	masalalelor
vocative	masala		masalalelor

masala

masala (plural masalalar)