sorshe ilish

noun

a Bengali dish made from hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha), a type of herring, cooked in mustard gravy.

OriginBengali সরষে ইলিশ →
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Meanings

nounsorshe ilish (plural sorshe ilishes)

plural sorshe ilishes

  1. a Bengali dish made from hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha), a type of herring, cooked in mustard gravy.

Origin

  1. Bengaliসরষে ইলিশ
  2. Englishsorshe ilish

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

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