ঝালফ্রেজী

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Bengali[edit]

A plate of chicken jalfrezi.

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ঝাল (jhal, “spicy”) + ফ্রেজী (frezī), with the latter being a colloquial form of পরহেজী (pôrhezī, “dietary, suitable for a diet”), from পরহেজ (pôrhez), from Classical Persian پرهیز (parhēz, “diet”), from Middle Persian pʾhlyc (pahrēz, “defence; care”).

Noun[edit]

ঝালফ্রেজী • (jhalfrezī) (objective ঝালফ্রেজী (jhalophreji) or ঝালফ্রেজীকে (jhalophrejike), genitive ঝালফ্রেজীর (jhalophrejir), locative ঝালফ্রেজীতে (jhalophrejite))

  1. jalfrezi; a Bengali curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat by the addition of green chillis.
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