bhaji

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi भाजी (bhājī, “fried vegetables”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːd͡ʒi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɑːd͡ʒi/

Noun

bhaji (plural bhajis or bhajia)

1. Any of various Indian dishes of fried vegetables.

   onion bhaji

   • 2012, Tim Moore, You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Around Unloved Britain, Vintage, →ISBN, page 149:

     Nor was I ever able to treat myself to the national drunkard's delight that is the ‘munchy box’: a foot-square pizza carton crammed with onion rings, doner meat shavings, hunks of nan bread and nuggets of assorted bhaji, all served on a bed of Glasgow salad.

Derived terms

• pav bhaji

Translations

Indian dish

• Assamese: ভাজি (bhazi)
• Hindi: भाजी (hi) f (bhājī)
• Marathi: भाजी (bhājī)
• Punjabi: ਭਾਜੀ f (bhājī)

See also

• pakora

Anagrams

• hajib, hijab, hijāb