mulligatawny

/mʌlɪɡəˈtɔːni/

mulligatawny noun: an Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.

Noun

mulligatawny (countable and uncountable, plural mulligatawnies)

An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
- At the top was a cod's shoulders and head, whose intellectual faculties were rather over much developed; and at the bottom was soup called mulligatawny—some indefinite mixture of curry-powder and ducks' feet, the first spoonful of which called from its master a look of thunder and lightning up the...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 127
- Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps

plural	mulligatawnies

Borrowed from Tamil மிளகுத்தண்ணீர் (miḷakuttaṇṇīr, literally “pepper water”).

What does mulligatawny mean?: Mulligatawny means an Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
What is mulligatawny in Tamil?: Mulligatawny in Tamil is மிளகுத்தண்ணீர் (miḷakuttaṇṇīr). See Mulligatawny meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mulligatawny?: Mulligatawny is a noun.
How do you pronounce mulligatawny?: Mulligatawny is pronounced /mʌlɪɡəˈtɔːni/.
What is the plural of mulligatawny?: The plural of mulligatawny is mulligatawnies.

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