dopiaza

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noun

A style of curry, usually of medium heat, prepared with onions.

“He ate chicken dopiaza with plain rice and a nan.”

OriginPersian دوپیازه →
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Meanings

noundopiaza (countable and uncountable, plural dopiazas)

plural dopiazas · alternative doopiaja · alternative dupiaza

  1. countableuncountableA style of curry, usually of medium heat, prepared with onions.

    He ate chicken dopiaza with plain rice and a nan.

    1 more example

    No.7 DOPIYÁZAH. Take Meat, ½ ser (1lb. avoir.) ...

    1831, Sandford Arnot (translator), “Indian Cookery, as Practised and Described by the Natives of the East”, in Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages, volume I, London: J.L. Cox, retrieved 03 Jul 2016, page 19

Origin

  1. Persianدوپیازه
  2. Englishdopiaza

Persian دوپیازه (literally “two onions”)

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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