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البهط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root pertains to a specific type of rice dish cooked with milk and ghee. It originates from Indian cuisine and is known by a particular name.

Derived headwords

البَهَطnoun
  1. 1.
    Rice dishclassical

    A dish made of rice cooked with milk and ghee. It is an Arabized term of Indian origin.

بَهَتَverb
  1. 1.
    To cook riceclassical

    To prepare the dish of rice cooked with milk and ghee.

بَهْتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    The dish (name)classical

    The name of the dish, referring to rice cooked with milk and ghee. It is the Arabized form of the Indian name.

Parallel reading

البَهَط، محركة مشددة الطاء: الأرز يطبخ باللبن والسمن، معرب هنديته: بهتا.
Al-Bahat, with a moved and stressed ta': Rice cooked with milk and ghee, its Indian origin is: Bahata.