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nigiri

nigiri noun: regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.

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Noun

nigiri (uncountable)

  1. Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.

nigiri meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

nigiri in Marathi

a regular sushi — see also sushi
निगिरी nigirī, नीगिरी nīgirī

nigiri in Urdu

a regular sushi — see also sushi
نگری nigirī, نیگری nīgirī

nigiri in Bengali

a regular sushi — see also sushi
নিগিরি nigiri

nigiri in Telugu

a regular sushi — see also sushi
నిగిరీ nigirī, నీగిరీ nīgirī
More languagesFewer languages
nigiri in Kannada
ನಿಗಿರೀ nigirī, ನೀಗಿರೀ nīgirī
nigiri in Tagalog
nigiri
nigiri in Arabic
نِيغِيرِي nīḡīrī, نِيجِيرِي nījīrī

Origin of nigiri

Borrowed from Japanese 握り (nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司 nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).

Questions about nigiri

What does nigiri mean?
Nigiri means regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.
What is nigiri in Marathi?
Nigiri in Marathi is निगिरी (nigirī), नीगिरी (nīgirī). See Nigiri meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is nigiri?
Nigiri is a noun.

Words near nigiri in the dictionary

  1. nighty night
  2. nighty-night
  3. nighwhat
  4. Nighy
  5. Nighys
  6. nigiri
  7. nigirizushi
  8. niglet
  9. niglets
  10. niglette
  11. niglettes

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