🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

巴尔蒂

Native Script:巴尔蒂咖喱

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bā ěr dì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Balti/ˈbɔːl.ti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #25400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们点了一份羊肉巴尔蒂。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of curried meat or vegetables cooked and served rapidly over high heat in a small, traditional two-handled cast-iron or steel wok-like bowl.

    "We ordered a lamb balti with garlic naan at our local curry house."
  2. 2

    The heavy metal bowl in which this style of curry is cooked and served.

    "The waiter brought the sizzling balti straight to the table."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Urdu and Hindi word 'baltī', meaning bucket, originating from the Persian 'bālta'. It was popularized in the UK through Pakistani cuisine in Birmingham during the late 20th century to describe a fast-cooked curry served in a steel bowl.

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