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kabuli

/ˈkɑːbə(ˌ)li/

kabuli noun: a particular variety of cultivated chickpea.

Noun (1)

kabuli (plural kabulis)

  1. A particular variety of cultivated chickpea.
    • The availability of a large number of resistant lines in desi and kabuli background should help breeders develop resistant and high-yielding cultivars. It was earlier believed that kabulis lack resistant genes to ascochyta blight but screening a large collection revealed many lines having a high...1984, M.C. Saxena, editor, Ascochyta Blight and Winter Sowing of Chickpeas
    • Two distinct chickpea types, different in their morphology and used in different ways of processing have been described: desi and kabuli.2018, Rajeev K. Varshney, The Chickpea Genome, page 108

Adjective capitalized: Kabuli

Kabuli (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or relating to the city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
    Synonyms:
    Kabulese

Noun (2) capitalized: Kabuli

Kabuli (plural Kabulis)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
    • But they are physically no match for the Kabulis and every Kabuli considers himself more than a match for any number of travellers from the plains.1918, The Indian Review, volume 19, page 11
    Synonyms:
    Kabulese

kabuli meaning in Hindi and Gujarati

kabuli in Hindi

Kabuli
काबुली kābulī

kabuli in Gujarati

Kabuli
પઠાણ paṭhāṇ

Synonyms of kabuli

Forms of kabuli

pluralkabulis
pluralKabulis

Origin of kabuli

From Kabul + -i, or directly from Persian کابلی (“Kabuli”).

Questions about kabuli

What does kabuli mean?
Kabuli means a particular variety of cultivated chickpea.
What is kabuli in Hindi?
Kabuli in Hindi is काबुली (kābulī). See Kabuli meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kabuli?
Kabuli can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce kabuli?
Kabuli is pronounced /ˈkɑːbə(ˌ)li/.
What is the plural of kabuli?
The plural of kabuli is kabulis.

Words near kabuli in the dictionary

  1. Kabuki-cho
  2. Kabukicho
  3. kabukiesque
  4. Kabul
  5. Kabulese
  6. kabuli
  7. kabuliat
  8. kabuliats
  9. kabulis
  10. Kabulistan
  11. kabuliyat

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kabuli (page history and authors); Kabuli (page history and authors); काबुली (Hindi) (page history and authors); પઠાણ (Gujarati) (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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