A thin gruel or porridge, especially as served to invalids or soldiers; a watery rice or oatmeal preparation.
From Hindi kañjī or Urdu kanji, which derived from Tamil kanji meaning rice-water or dilute gruel. This word entered English during colonial India and reflects the culinary vocabulary of the subcontinent.
Conjee traveled along trade routes and colonial routes, becoming part of English not through conquest but through the simple human need for nourishing invalids—words follow our stomachs!
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