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.
   • 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.

• basmati rice

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, 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