basmati
UK/bæzˈmɑːti/US/ˌbɑzˈmɑti/
basmati noun: a variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.
Noun
basmati (countable and uncountable, plural basmatis)
- A variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.
- 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.2007 June 21, Alissa J. Rubin, “Shiite Rivalries Slash at a Once Calm Iraqi City”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- basmati rice
basmati meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic
basmati in Marathi
- rice
- बासमती bāsamtī
basmati in Urdu
- rice
- باسْمَتی bāsmatī
basmati in Kannada
- ಭಾಸ್ಮತಿ, ಒಂದು ಬಗೆಯ ಸುವಾಸನೆಯುಕ್ತ ಅಕ್ಕಿ
basmati in Arabic
- rice
- بَسْمَتِي basmati
More languagesFewer languages
- basmati in Indonesian
- basmati
Synonyms of basmati
Forms of basmati
| plural | basmatis |
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Origin of basmati
From Hindi बासमती (bāsmatī, literally “fragrant”).
Phrases with basmati
Questions about basmati
- What does basmati mean?
- Basmati means a variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.
- What is basmati in Marathi?
- Basmati in Marathi is बासमती (bāsamtī). See Basmati meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is basmati?
- Basmati is a noun.
- How do you pronounce basmati?
- Basmati is pronounced /bæzˈmɑːti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of basmati?
- The plural of basmati is basmatis.
Words near basmati in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: basmati (page history and authors); basmati (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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