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chhena

chhena noun: a fresh, unripened curd cheese widely used in India and Bangladesh.

chhena: a fresh, unripened curd cheese widely used in India and Bangladesh
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Noun

chhena (uncountable)

  1. A fresh, unripened curd cheese widely used in India and Bangladesh.
    • (His fortune cookies are made with a chocolate batter; chenna, an Indian cheese, is enhanced with sake, cherries, balsamic vinegar and orange-blossom water.)2007 June 3, Amanda Hesser, “Cooking”, in New York Times

chhena meaning in Hindi

chhena in Hindi

chhena
छेना chenā

Forms of chhena

alternative formchhana
alternative formchenna

Origin of chhena

Borrowed from Hindi छेना (chenā), Odia ଛେନା (chenā) and/or Bengali ছেনা (chena).

Questions about chhena

What does chhena mean?
Chhena means a fresh, unripened curd cheese widely used in India and Bangladesh.
What is chhena in Hindi?
Chhena in Hindi is छेना (chenā). See Chhena meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chhena?
Chhena is a noun.

Words near chhena in the dictionary

  1. chhaunk
  2. Chhavi
  3. Chhay
  4. Chhaya
  5. Chhays
  6. chhena
  7. chhertum
  8. chhertums
  9. Chhetri
  10. Chhetris
  11. chhetrum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chhena (page history and authors); छेना (Hindi) (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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