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Korma

Hindi translation: क़ोरमा, ﻗﻮﺮﻣﺎ

13:02 Jun 15, 2009
English to Hindi translations [Non-PRO]
Food & Drink / Indian Cuisine
English term or phrase: Korma
Greetings,

Similarly, I have been able to track down the Devanagari Hindi for this word, a kind of curry but mild and cooked in cream.

Again, any etymological help most welcome. I have heard, for instance, that it might come from the Hindi word for “grill, braise”, but this may well be wrong.

Best wishes

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:31
Hindi translation:क़ोरमा, ﻗﻮﺮﻣﺎ
Explanation:
It's practically impossible to get the right k/q sound of korma unless you use urdu script, but modern hindi uses the क with a dot under it to make the right sound.
Here is an explanation about the etymiology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korma

It also explains here that it is written many ways in english - sometimes spelt kormaa, qorma, khorma, or kurma.

I never cook it in cream but use (full cream) yoghurt.
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Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 19:31
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many thanks perfect
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4 +6क़ोरमा, ﻗﻮﺮﻣﺎ
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korma
क़ोरमा, ﻗﻮﺮﻣﺎ


Explanation:
It's practically impossible to get the right k/q sound of korma unless you use urdu script, but modern hindi uses the क with a dot under it to make the right sound.
Here is an explanation about the etymiology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korma

It also explains here that it is written many ways in english - sometimes spelt kormaa, qorma, khorma, or kurma.

I never cook it in cream but use (full cream) yoghurt.


Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 19:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
many thanks perfect

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amar Nath
3 mins
  -> धन्यवाद अमर नाथ भाई!
agree  C.M. Rawal: जी हाँ, क़ोरमा बिल्कुल सही है। - चन्द्र मोहन रावल
2 hrs
  -> धन्यवाद चन्द्र मोहन भाई
agree  Nandita Singh: In Hindi, Korma is adopted as it is.
2 hrs
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agree  Lalit Sati
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agree  Suyash Suprabh
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agree  Rajan Chopra
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  -> धन्यवाद
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