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burfi

burfi is the alternative form of barfi.

Meaning of barfi

Noun

barfi (plural barfis)

  1. An Indian dessert made from sweetened, condensed milk flavoured with fruit and spices.
    • Mr. Alam and his staff often insist that visitors enjoy a free treat like chocolate barfi, condensed milk mixed with chocolate, or jalebis, deep fried rice flour coated in a sugary syrup, while they shop. “I want my customers to feel welcome and offering mithai is a way to show hospitality,” Mr....2018 January 17, Shivani Vora, “A Go-To Grocery for Indian Cooks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of burfi

pluralburfis
pluralburfi

Questions about burfi

What is burfi the alternative form of?
Burfi is the alternative form of barfi.

Words near burfi in the dictionary

  1. burette
  2. burettes
  3. Bureya
  4. burfee
  5. burfees
  6. burfi
  7. burfis
  8. burfish
  9. burfishes
  10. burflower tree
  11. Burfoot

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