feni
feni noun: an alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap).
Noun
feni (usually uncountable, plural fenis)
- An alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap).
- A shot of Indian-made spirits is about Rs 40 to 60 (mixers cost extra) and a shot of feni is Rs 20.[…]Goans are keen to offer advice to foreigners; don't drink it on an empty stomach, don't mix it with other spirits, and certainly don't swim after a couple of fenis.2003, Paul Harding, Goa, page 71
- The Department of Agriculture's official definition of feni is many soulless removes from its ebullient metaphysics; ‘Feni (the more accurate rendering, as opposed to the Portuguese 'fenim') has achieved the status of a generic term applying to a wide variety of distilled alcoholic liquors derived...2006, Frank Simoes, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Feni but Were Too Drunk to Ask”, in Jerry Pinto, editor, Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa, page 243
Forms of feni
| plural | fenis |
|---|---|
| alternative form | fenim |
| alternative form | fenny |
Words formed from feni
- caju feni
- cashew feni
- coconut feni
- palm feni
Phrases with feni
Questions about feni
- What does feni mean?
- Feni means an alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap).
- What part of speech is feni?
- Feni is a noun.
- What is the plural of feni?
- The plural of feni is fenis.
Words near feni in the dictionary
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