A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: January 28, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780195658682
First sentence: achar Word for pickle in Urdu and Hindi, commonly thought to have a Persian or Arabic origin, but stated by Rumphius in AD 1750 to derive from terms like axi or achi used for the chilli (see also pickles, chilli).
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