तरकारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (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)

(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)