kulfi

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Etymology

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From Hindi क़ुल्फ़ी (qulfī)/Urdu قلفی (qulfī), from Classical Persian قفلی (quflī) from قفل (qufl), from Arabic قُفْل (qufl, lock, bolt).

A stick of kulfi

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Noun

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kulfi (countable and uncountable, plural kulfis)

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  1. A flavoured frozen dessert of South Asia, made from milk and resembling ice cream.
    • 2007 January 3, Kareem Fahim, “For Some Moviegoers, It’s ‘Hooray for Bollywood’”, in New York Times[1]:
      Vada pav sandwiches and mango kulfi were sold at the concession stand.

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