फोडणी

Marathi

Etymology

From the nominalisation of फोडणे (phoḍṇe). Compare Hindi तड़का (taṛkā) or Hindi छौंक (cha͠uk), Gujarati વઘાર (vaghār), Tamil தாளித்தல் (tāḷittal), Telugu తాలింపు (tālimpu).

Noun

फोडणी • (phoḍṇī) f

1. tempering or chaunk, a South Asian cooking technique in which spices are cooked in oil or ghee

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “फोडणी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फोडणी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press