kandhuli
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Assamese কান্ধুলি (kandhuli).
Noun
[edit]kandhuli
- (India) The bronze featherback, Notopterus notopterus.
- 1998, Harlan Walker, Fish: Food from the Waters, page 255:
- In Assam, for instance, a mild curry made with a fish called kandhuli together with a duck egg is given to someone suffering from measles or chicken pox […].
- 2015, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Ranjita Biswas, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial, page 1:
- Awash in its fragrance, like a kandhuli fish rippling in a pond and making liquid motifs of rings and bangles, her head grew giddier and her heart beat faster.