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kachumbari

kachumbari noun: an uncooked dish of chopped tomatoes, onions, and chili peppers in African cuisine.

Noun

kachumbari (uncountable)

  1. An uncooked dish of chopped tomatoes, onions, and chili peppers in African cuisine.

Origin of kachumbari

Borrowed from Swahili kachumbari, borrowed from Gujarati કચુંબર (kacumbar, “kachumber”). Doublet of kachumber.

Questions about kachumbari

What does kachumbari mean?
Kachumbari means an uncooked dish of chopped tomatoes, onions, and chili peppers in African cuisine.
What part of speech is kachumbari?
Kachumbari is a noun.

Words near kachumbari in the dictionary

  1. kachori
  2. kachoris
  3. Kachouba
  4. kachow
  5. Kachruvian
  6. kachumbari
  7. kachumber
  8. kachumbers
  9. kachunk
  10. kachunks
  11. Kachur

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