different between asafoetida vs chaunk

English

Alternative forms

• asafetida
• assafetida (dated)
• assafoetida, assa-fœtida

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin asafoetida, from Persian ??? / ???? (azâ, âzâ, “mastic”) + Latin foetida, feminine of foetidus (“bad-smelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æs??f?t?d?/

Noun

asafoetida (uncountable)

1. A resinous gum from the stem and roots of genus Ferula, especially Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses. [from 14th c.]

   Synonyms: asant, hing, devil's dung

   • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, II:

     Nigh Whormoot are Duzgun, Laztan-De, and other Townes, where is got the best Assa-Fætida through all the Orient: the tree is like our brier in height, the leaves resemble Fig leaves, the root the Radish: the vertue had need be much, it stincks so odiously.

   • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 54:

     half-a-dozen huge bread pills, dipped in a solution of aloes or cinnamon water, flavoured with assafœtida, which in the case of the dyspeptic rich often suffice [...].

Translations

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (chau?k).

Noun

chaunk (uncountable)

1. (cooking) A garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours. Can be added to soups, curries, etc., at the end of cooking.

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See also

• chaunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia