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mulligatawny

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /mʌlɪɡəˈtɔːni/
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  • rhymes with -ɔːni
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH1 L IH0 G AH0 T AA1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soup

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil மிளகுத்தண்ணீர் (miḷakuttaṇṇīr, literally “pepper water”).

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: မလုပ်တာနီ (ma.luptani) — Indian soup
  • Burmese: မနုပ်တာနီ (ma.nuptani) — Indian soup
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咖喱肉湯 /咖喱肉汤 (gālí ròutāng) — Indian soup
  • Finnish: mulligatawny-keitto — Indian soup
  • Manx: anvroie injinagh — Indian soup
  • Tamil: மிளகுத்தண்ணீர் (miḷakuttaṇṇīr) — Indian soup