tahchin

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noun

An Iranian rice dish.

OriginPersian تهچین (tah-čin) ← Proto-Indo-European *skey- ← Middle Persian [script needed] (th /⁠tah⁠/) →
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Meanings

nountahchin (plural tahchins)

plural tahchins

  1. cookingAn Iranian rice dish.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tews-?
  2. Middle Persian[script needed] (th /⁠tah⁠/)
  3. Persianته (tah)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  6. Persianچین (čin)
  7. Persianتهچین (tah-čin)
  8. Englishtahchin

Borrowed from Persian تهچین (tah-čin), from ته (tah, “bottom”) + چین (čin, “to arrange”).

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APA

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