basmati

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noun

A variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.

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basmati rice
OriginHindi बासमती →
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Meanings

nounbasmati (countable and uncountable, plural basmatis)

plural basmatis

  1. countableuncountableA variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.

    Diwaniya is the capital of the almost completely Shiite farming province of Qadisiya, known for its marshy fields where farmers grow aromatic ambar rice, similar to India’s basmati.

    2007 June 21, Alissa J. Rubin, “Shiite Rivalries Slash at a Once Calm Iraqi City”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: basmati rice

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.

Similar
basmati rice
Also see
basmati rice

Origin

  1. Hindiबासमती
  2. Englishbasmati

From Hindi बासमती (bāsmatī, literally “fragrant”).

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Translations

Arabic بَسْمَتِي
  • بَسْمَتِي (basmati)rice
Catalan arròs basmati, basmati
  • arròs basmatirice
  • basmatirice
Chinese Mandarin 印度香米
  • 印度香米 (Yìndù xiāngmǐ)rice
Dutch basmati, basmatirijst
  • basmatirice
  • basmatirijstrice
Esperanto basmatio
  • basmatiorice
Finnish basmatiriisi
  • basmatiriisirice
Indonesian basmati
  • basmatirice
Italian basmati
  • basmatirice
Korean 바스마티
  • 바스마티 (baseumati)rice
Russian басмати
  • басмати (basmati)rice
Swedish basmatiris
  • basmatirisrice
Urdu باسْمَتی
  • باسْمَتی (bāsmatī)rice
Cite this entry
APA

basmati. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basmati

MLA

“basmati.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basmati. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basmati,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basmati.

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