Dictionary

bhaji en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɑːʒi/ hyperforeign
• /ˈbʱɑːd͡ʒi/ (India)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɑːd͡ʒi/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Any of various Indian dishes of fried vegetables.
   • 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. 2012, Tim Moore, You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Around Unloved Britain, Vintage, →ISBN, page 149:
   • onion bhaji

Forms

Deriveds

pav bhaji

Relateds

pakora

Translations (5)

pa ਭਾਜੀ (Indian dish) · ta பஜ்ஜி (Indian dish) · hi भाजी (Indian dish) · as ভাজি (Indian dish) · mr भाजी (Indian dish)