mooli
English
Alternative forms
- moolie
- mouli
- muli
- (obsolete) moole
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi मूली (mūlī, “[Indian] radish”) (feminine of मूल (mūl)), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀽𑀮 (mūla), from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).[1]
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA(key): /ˈmuːli/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmuli/
Noun
mooli (plural moolis)
- (chiefly Britain and India, Indian cuisine) Synonym of daikon, particularly its Indian varieties.
- 1868, B.H. Powell, Handbk. Econ. Products Punjab, I. iii. 260/1
- Fresh vegetables... most in use among natives are—Gájar, carrot... Múlí, radish (Raphanus sativus, L.).
- 1981 February 1, N.Y. Times, 17/1
- Particularly delicious was mooli stuffed paratha—rich, flaky and filled with a fragrant grated radish mixture.
- 1996 February 4, Sunday Telegraph, 33/1
- This is thanks to the introduction of a wider range of radish varieties into supermarkets, especially the long-rooted ‘mooli’ types from Japan.
- 1868, B.H. Powell, Handbk. Econ. Products Punjab, I. iii. 260/1
Synonyms
- See daikon
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "mooli, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2002.
Anagrams
- moloi
Finnish
Noun
mooli
- mole (base unit of amount of substance)
Declension
| Inflection of mooli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mooli | moolit | |
| genitive | moolin | moolien | |
| partitive | moolia | mooleja | |
| illative | mooliin | mooleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mooli | moolit | |
| accusative | nom. | mooli | moolit |
| gen. | moolin | ||
| genitive | moolin | moolien | |
| partitive | moolia | mooleja | |
| inessive | moolissa | mooleissa | |
| elative | moolista | mooleista | |
| illative | mooliin | mooleihin | |
| adessive | moolilla | mooleilla | |
| ablative | moolilta | mooleilta | |
| allative | moolille | mooleille | |
| essive | moolina | mooleina | |
| translative | mooliksi | mooleiksi | |
| instructive | — | moolein | |
| abessive | moolitta | mooleitta | |
| comitative | — | mooleineen | |