Etymology

sorshe ilish

Today it means: a Bengali dish made from hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha), a type of herring, cooked in mustard gravy. Full definition →

Bengali সরষে ইলিশ
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  1. Bengali · borrowed fromসরষে ইলিশ
  2. English todaysorshe ilish

Borrowed from Bengali সরষে ইলিশ (śorśe iliś, literally “mustard hilsa”).

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