Definition
A food, dish, spice, or culinary ingredient from South Asian or Southeast Asian cuisine.
Etymology
Possibly from Arabic, Sanskrit, or South Asian language roots. The term may have entered English through colonial trade documentation or culinary contexts.
Kelly Says
Food words like 'alaki' are some of the most durable loans in language because every culture loves trying other people's cuisines—that's why every language is seasoned with borrowed words!
Translations
ARالعربية
ألاكي
al-ah-kee
CACatalà
alaki
ah-lah-kee
CSČeština
alaki
ah-lah-kee
DEDeutsch
alaki
ah-lah-kee
ELΕλληνικά
αλάκι
ah-lah-kee
ESEspañol
alaki
ah-lah-kee
FRFrançais
alaki
ah-la-kee
HUMagyar
alaki
ah-lah-kee
IDBahasa Indonesia
alaki
ah-la-kee
ITItaliano
alaki
ah-lah-kee
MSBahasa Melayu
alaki
ah-lah-kee
NLNederlands
alaki
ah-lah-kee
PLPolski
alaki
ah-lah-kee
PTPortuguês
alaki
ah-lah-kee
RORomână
alaki
ah-lah-kee
RUРусский
алаки
ah-la-kee
SVSvenska
alaki
ah-lah-kee
SWKiswahili
alaki
ah-lah-kee
TRTürkçe
alaki
ah-lah-kee
UKУкраїнська
алаки
ah-lah-kee
VITiếng Việt
alaki
ah-lah-kee