Etymology

tahdig

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Today it means: The crispy layer of rice (and sometimes lavash bread, thinly sliced potatoes, egg or another ingredient) taken from the bottom of the pot in which the rice (chelow or pilaf) is cooked in cuisine of Western Asia. Full definition →

Iranian Persian تهدیگ
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  1. Iranian Persian · derived fromتهدیگ
  2. English todaytahdig

From Iranian Persian تهدیگ (tah-dig), from Classical Persian تهدیگ (tah-dēg).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.