murgh

M3U1R1G2H4

noun

chicken

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounmurgh (uncountable)

alternative murg

  1. uncountableIndian cookerychicken

    But of those bold curries, butter chicken, or murgh makhani, is the richest of all.

    2014, Laura Siciliano-Rosen, Delhi Food and Travel Guide
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    Our other entrée was murgh massalam ($3.50), half a chicken of fall-off-the-bone tenderness in a rich brown cream sauce garnished with a whole hard-boiled egg.

    1976, Chicago, volume 25, page 125

    As a starter, the murgh tikka are pieces of chicken breast marinated cooked in tandoor that can be prepared in various ways with various spices with crushed cashew nuts and cream, or spinach, spices and coriander.

    2015, Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Best of France 2016 Petit Futé

Origin

  1. Classical Persianمرغ
  2. Englishmurgh

From Classical Persian مرغ (murġ).

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APA

murgh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murgh

MLA

“murgh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murgh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “murgh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murgh.

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