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hilsa

hilsa noun: tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.

Noun

hilsa (plural hilsas)

  1. Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.
    Synonyms:
    hilsa shad, ilish

hilsa meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

hilsa in Hindi

fish
हिल्सा hilsā

hilsa in Urdu

hilsa
ہلسہ hilsā

hilsa in Bengali

fish
ইলিশ iliś

hilsa in Telugu

fish
పులస pulasa
More languagesFewer languages
hilsa in Gujarati
મોદાર modār
hilsa in Odia
ଇଲିଶି iliśi
hilsa in Assamese
ইলীহ ilih, ইলীহি ilihi, ইলিছ ilis
hilsa in Vietnamese
cá cháy
hilsa in Myanmar
ငါးသလောက် nga:sa.lauk
Sindhi
پلو pallu

Synonyms of hilsa

Forms of hilsa

pluralhilsas

Origin of hilsa

Borrowed from Hindi हिल्सा (hilsā).

Questions about hilsa

What does hilsa mean?
Hilsa means tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.
What is hilsa in Hindi?
Hilsa in Hindi is हिल्सा (hilsā). See Hilsa meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hilsa?
Hilsa is a noun.
What is the plural of hilsa?
The plural of hilsa is hilsas.

Words near hilsa in the dictionary

  1. Hilongos
  2. hiloni
  3. hilonim
  4. hilot
  5. Hilperton
  6. hilsa
  7. Hilsabeck
  8. Hilsabecks
  9. hilsah
  10. hilsas
  11. Hilsea

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hilsa (page history and authors); ہلسہ (Urdu) (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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