basmati

From Hindi बासमती (bāsmatī, literally “fragrant”).^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bæzˈmɑːti/, /bæzˈmæti/, /bɑːzˈmɑːti/, /bɑːzˈməti/, /bɑːsˈməti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑzˈmɑti/, /ˌbɑs-/, /ˌbæz-/, /ˌbæs-/, /-ˈmæti/; /ˈbɑs.mə.ti/

basmati (countable and uncountable, plural basmatis)

1. A variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.

   Synonym: basmati rice

   • 2007 June 21, Alissa J. Rubin, “Shiite Rivalries Slash at a Once Calm Iraqi City”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Diwaniya is the capital of the almost completely Shiite farming province of Qadisiya, known for its marshy fields where farmers grow aromatic ambar rice, similar to India’s basmati.

From English basmati, from Hindi बासमती (bāsmatī, literally “fragrant”).

• IPA^(key): /basˈmati/
• Hyphenation: bas‧ma‧ti

basmati (plural basmati-basmati)

1. (cooking) basmati: a variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance

• “basmati”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): /bazˈma.ti/
• Rhymes: -ati
• Hyphenation: ba‧smà‧ti

basmati m (usually uncountable)

1. basmati

• IPA^(key): /basˈmati/ [bazˈma.t̪i]
• Rhymes: -ati
• Syllabification: bas‧ma‧ti

basmati m (plural basmatis)

1. basmati

   Synonym: arroz basmati