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makhani

makhani adjective: cooked Punjabi-style in a rich sauce containing butter, tomatoes and cream.

Adjective

makhani (not comparable)

  1. Cooked Punjabi-style in a rich sauce containing butter, tomatoes and cream.

Noun

makhani (plural makhanis)

  1. A Punjabi dish cooked in a rich sauce containing butter, tomatoes and cream.
    • I can't say that all the Indian dals and makhanis I enjoy are eupeptic, but they dance a tarantella on the tongue that lifts my soul.2012, Arthur Plotnik, Better Than Great

makhani meaning in Hindi

makhani in Hindi

makhani
मखनी makhnī

Forms of makhani

Adjective
alternative formmakhni
alternative formmakhonee
Noun
pluralmakhanis

Origin of makhani

Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੱਖਣੀ (makkhaṇī) or Hindi मखनी (makhnī, “buttery”).

Questions about makhani

What does makhani mean?
Makhani means cooked Punjabi-style in a rich sauce containing butter, tomatoes and cream.
What is makhani in Hindi?
Makhani in Hindi is मखनी (makhnī). See Makhani meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is makhani?
Makhani can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near makhani in the dictionary

  1. makhaira
  2. makhairas
  3. makhana
  4. makhanas
  5. Makhanda
  6. makhani
  7. makhanis
  8. Makhanya
  9. makher
  10. makhers
  11. Makhi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makhani (page history and authors); मखनी (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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