Etymology

nihari

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Today it means: A South Asian stew of slow-cooked beef or lamb with bone marrow. Full definition →

Hindustani ← Hindi निहारी ← Urdu نَہَارِی
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromنهار“daytime, day”
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromنهاری“breakfast”
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromنَہَارِی
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromनिहारी
  5. Hindustani · borrowed from
  6. English todaynihari

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi निहारी (nihārī), नहारी (nahārī) / Urdu نَہَارِی (nahārī)), from Classical Persian نهاری (nahārī, “breakfast”), from Arabic نهار (nahār, “daytime, day”).

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