mooli
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hindi मूली (mūlī, “[Indian] radish”) (feminine of मूल (mūl)), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀽𑀮 (mūla), from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmooli (plural moolis)
- (chiefly UK and India, Indian cuisine) Synonym of daikon, particularly its Indian varieties.
- 1868, B.H. Powell, Handbk. Econ. Products Punjab, I. iii. 260/1:
- Fresh vegetables... most in use among natives are—Gájar, carrot... Múlí, radish (Raphanus sativus, L.).
- 1981 February 1, N.Y. Times, 17/1
- Particularly delicious was mooli stuffed paratha—rich, flaky and filled with a fragrant grated radish mixture.
- 1996 February 4, Sunday Telegraph, 33/1
- This is thanks to the introduction of a wider range of radish varieties into supermarkets, especially the long-rooted ‘mooli’ types from Japan.
Synonyms
edit- See daikon
References
edit- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "mooli, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2002.
Anagrams
editFinnish
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editNoun
editmooli
- mole (base unit of amount of substance)
Declension
editInflection of mooli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mooli | moolit | |
genitive | moolin | moolien | |
partitive | moolia | mooleja | |
illative | mooliin | mooleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mooli | moolit | |
accusative | nom. | mooli | moolit |
gen. | moolin | ||
genitive | moolin | moolien | |
partitive | moolia | mooleja | |
inessive | moolissa | mooleissa | |
elative | moolista | mooleista | |
illative | mooliin | mooleihin | |
adessive | moolilla | mooleilla | |
ablative | moolilta | mooleilta | |
allative | moolille | mooleille | |
essive | moolina | mooleina | |
translative | mooliksi | mooleiksi | |
abessive | moolitta | mooleitta | |
instructive | — | moolein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “mooli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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