Etymology

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Today it means: prawns (in a Bangladeshi curry) Full definition →

Bengali চিংড়ি
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  1. Bengali · borrowed fromচিংড়ি
  2. English todaychingri

Borrowed from Bengali চিংড়ি (ciṅṛi).

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