Urdu and Punjabi: kerii

[panjabigator]

Greetings:

Has anyone ever encountered the word "kerii" for mango? I've heard it's used in Hindko (and Indian Gujarati) but I'm uncertain.

We say "ambii" in my house for unripe mangos. In Lucknow, my host family said کھٹاس for this.

 

[Faylasoof]

Greetings:

Has anyone ever encountered the word "kerii" for mango? I've heard it's used in Hindko (and Indian Gujarati) but I'm uncertain.

We say "ambii" in my house for unripe mangos. In Lucknow, my host family said کھٹاس for this.

Yes! We use kayrii كَيرى in Urdu to mean unripe mango - green rather than the yelloe, ripe ones.

It also refers to Paisley print.

We use کھٹاس to mean sun-dried kayrii كَيرى that is added to food while cooking to give it a sour flavour.

We make aam kaa achaar from kayriiyaa.n!

 

[panjabigator]

Interesting. I think Hinkdo speakers use كَيرى to refer to any ripe mangos. I'll message a friend and inquire.

Have you heard انبی before?

 

[Faylasoof]

Interesting. I think Hinkdo speakers use كَيرى to refer to any ripe mangos. I'll message a friend and inquire.

Have you heard انبی before?

This is interesting! Let's see what your friend says.

No! But we do have انبہ ambeh / ambah from Farsi = mango!

 

[lcfatima]

Kairi, the unripened green mango. Do a google search for kairi recipes. That term is used pretty widely.

 

[panjabigator]

Nice, thanks Fatima. Did you ever hear ambi used in Lahore?

 

[Cilquiestsuens]

Nice, thanks Fatima. Did you ever hear ambi used in Lahore?

ِAll the time. They are the small green unripe things that will mostly end up as achaar.... Yummie....

 

[BP.]

^If I may interject, I've heard ambiah in Karachi, in fact in my household. The i in there suggests that it is the smaller, cuter version of something.