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etymology, meanings and sources of food names

arnab	Sep 28 2004, 05:36 AM Post #1
bandwidth glutton Group: founding members Posts: 15118 Joined: 21-July 04 From: northfield, minnesota Member No.: 1	been meaning to start this thread for a while. basically, we tend to take the names of dishes for granted. yes, some are self-explanatory if you speak the languages (rosho-gulla/ras-gulla=ball of syrup) but sometimes not even if you do. i'm going to list some names of dishes and ingredients that i like and use but don't really know the meaning of the name of. please add answers and questions of your own. note: i'm not asking what these things are--only what their names mean and ideally what they derive from biryani paratha/porotta sambhar dosa pakoda masala dalchini i have lots more but let's start with these. -------------------- yeh sab kya ho raha hai, beta duryodhan? arnab@anothersubcontinent.com

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arnab etymology Sep 28 2004, 05:36 AM

Mahmud Just don't let Moazzam near this thread. I... Sep 28 2004, 05:53 AM

arnab yes, must make this forum "read only" fo... Sep 28 2004, 06:21 AM

anil Letting non-linguists and structural anthropologis... Sep 28 2004, 06:50 AM

gautam dalchini < daru chini ? --> daru =tree; ch... Sep 28 2004, 04:45 PM

Rushina Nothing to contribute at the moment but this looks... Sep 28 2004, 05:21 PM

armagod Here are a few etymologies, with links to IE and S... Oct 27 2004, 09:02 PM

roshna (1) What we refer to as �French beans� are call... Feb 7 2005, 11:02 PM

vAtraT I'm humbled -- umbled, even -- mon cher. Unre... Feb 8 2005, 12:11 AM

roshna [QUOTE]Note the cute bastardization of FrenchBeans... Feb 8 2005, 05:18 AM

samir But didn't beringela itself come from the Ind... Feb 8 2005, 07:14 AM

Sue Darlow I think I have worked out why Jerusalem artichokes... Feb 8 2005, 02:52 PM

roshna Samir, you're right--the root is Sanskrit. ... Feb 8 2005, 07:05 PM

armagod gira = turn, sole = sun. How literal! Feb 8 2005, 07:11 PM

Sue Darlow Indeed, much much earlier the Aryans could have ... Feb 9 2005, 01:39 AM

seajay This is where I came in (almost) on Another Listse... Feb 9 2005, 02:46 AM

vAtraT In matters of etymology, it's best not to kid.... Feb 10 2005, 07:07 AM

gingerly RE: etymology Feb 11 2005, 02:53 AM

Sue Darlow I always wondered why brinjals were called 'eg... Feb 15 2005, 01:57 PM

roshna Wow! This is a new sight for me. Do you ha... Feb 15 2005, 07:09 PM

armagod The white ones are definitiely available in many m... Feb 15 2005, 07:22 PM

vAtraT I'll be damned! White brinjal!! ... Feb 16 2005, 12:38 AM

seajay And no doubt available at an upscale or farmers... Feb 16 2005, 12:44 AM

arnab just when i thought there was no way for this vile... Feb 16 2005, 12:57 AM

roshna "Cauliflower" is from Italian cavoli f... Feb 16 2005, 01:59 AM

vAtraT arnab: Do you really not like egg plant? Not like... Feb 16 2005, 02:17 AM

roshna Arre vot re, vAtrat! I keep writing your na... Feb 16 2005, 04:23 AM

arnab Arre vot re, vAtrat! I keep writing your na... Feb 16 2005, 05:11 AM

vAtraT Arre vot re, vAtrat! I keep writing your name... Feb 16 2005, 06:16 AM

deedawar changed my mind Feb 8 2007, 01:26 AM

ajit vAtraT bhau, are you familiar with a contemporary ... Feb 16 2005, 06:35 AM

arnab have moved the continuing discussion of my baingan... Feb 17 2005, 03:14 AM

gingerly could it be? so? :huh: it was a masala vadai a... Mar 15 2005, 06:10 AM

vAtraT Either etymology is, um, hard to digest. Especial... Mar 15 2005, 08:02 AM

gingerly don'nt know how the jump from this , to ... Mar 15 2005, 08:27 AM

mediamongol actually firangi comes from Frank, which of cour... Mar 17 2005, 01:05 PM

roshna Really? In Pennsylvania, when you refer to a ... Mar 17 2005, 07:31 PM

armagod Yep, the Franks took over what is now France after... Mar 17 2005, 08:07 PM

gingerly Swati says a few well aimed :rant: at some of the... Mar 20 2005, 02:27 AM

chefzadi Arabic badenjal (eggplant) must come form Indian b... May 15 2005, 05:22 AM

jason gogal Isn't arrack some kind of distilled liquor? ... May 15 2005, 10:14 AM

chefzadi Yes. May 15 2005, 11:18 AM

fifi Chaat is often pluralized in foodwriting and on me... Feb 6 2007, 10:58 PM

deedawar Chaat is often pluralized in foodwriting and on m... Feb 6 2007, 11:06 PM

vAtraT More commonly, as Dee says. "Collective noun... Feb 7 2007, 12:14 AM

deedawar More commonly, as Dee says. "Collective noun... Feb 7 2007, 12:50 AM

fifi So, "Chaats" is wrong? Not just less com... Feb 7 2007, 09:57 PM

fifi Well. Maybe this will work. My screen didn't l... Feb 7 2007, 10:11 PM

vAtraT Well. Maybe this will work. My screen didn't l... Feb 7 2007, 10:32 PM

roshna But if you're saying it to a desi, it's ... Feb 7 2007, 12:20 AM

vAtraT But if you're saying it to a desi, it's ... Feb 7 2007, 12:40 AM

Kavitha Ravi Deleted Feb 7 2007, 09:52 PM

notsogifted fifi, in (most/all?) indian languages, the plural ... Feb 7 2007, 10:05 PM

fifi Thank you, NSG -- SO, saying "chaats" ... Feb 7 2007, 10:22 PM

notsogifted Thank you, NSG -- SO, saying "chaats... Feb 7 2007, 10:43 PM

notsogifted like swati (ed. and others) in the thread you link... Feb 7 2007, 10:21 PM

roshna Two suggestions for the etymology of chaat: Chatc... Feb 8 2007, 12:30 AM

gingerly [quote name='Wildflower' post='129205' date='May ... May 9 2007, 06:47 AM

Wildflower [quote name='gingerly' post='129208' date='May 9 ... May 9 2007, 07:01 AM

frangipani BTW, this Mangarasa fellow also describes shrikha... May 9 2007, 09:04 AM

Wildflower BTW, this Mangarasa fellow also describes shrikh... May 9 2007, 10:02 AM

frangipani WF, in Marathi the word gets pronounced as shikraN... May 9 2007, 10:22 AM

Wildflower WF, in Marathi the word gets pronounced as shikra... May 9 2007, 11:21 AM

Anjali In my NORTH :P Kanara dialect of Kannada, it is p... May 9 2007, 10:25 AM

gingerly this little snippet from and from well? May 31 2007, 10:44 AM

hibiscus Wowee. Duces = ducks seems to be a reasonable enou... May 31 2007, 11:13 AM

gingerly also repeating [url=http://www.anothersubcontine... May 17 2008, 03:08 AM

gingerly [quote name='deedawar' post='197071' date='May 28... May 29 2009, 11:32 PM

notsogifted i've always associated this with being of kas... May 30 2009, 12:16 AM

gingerly yes, see here :P spelling with a 'k' rat... May 30 2009, 12:36 AM

notsogifted yes, see [url=http://www.anothersubcontinent.com/... May 30 2009, 01:37 AM

arnab to help things along i will from now on refer to i... May 30 2009, 01:43 AM

notsogifted to help things along i will from now on refer to i... May 30 2009, 01:54 AM

arnab to help things along i will from now on refer to ... May 30 2009, 05:06 AM

Rumali Roti Anyone know why Simla mirchi? They don't nee... May 30 2009, 02:44 AM

arnab Anyone know why [i]Simla mirchi? They don't... May 30 2009, 05:16 AM

Rumali Roti Um. . . Someone else? May 30 2009, 07:55 AM

hibiscus I had ouzo recently and when I remarked that ... Jun 6 2009, 06:19 PM

groomlake I had ouzo recently and when I remarked that ... Jun 9 2009, 05:08 PM

Nichiro I had ouzo recently and when I remarked that ... Jun 9 2009, 05:32 PM

gingerly Anyone know why [i]Simla mirchi? They don't... Jul 7 2009, 02:04 AM

hima Anyone know why [i]Simla mirchi? They don... Jul 7 2009, 02:16 AM

gingerly balushai another way from'The Anglo-Hindoo... Jul 16 2009, 02:47 AM

armagod Charu/Rasam. Jul 16 2009, 01:03 PM

gingerly of course! brain freeze in hindoostanee mode t... Jul 16 2009, 09:51 PM

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