kandhuli

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese কান্ধুলি (kandhuli).

Noun

kandhuli

1. (India) The bronze featherback, Notopterus notopterus.
   • 1998, Harlan Walker, Fish: Food from the Waters, page 255:

     In Assam, for instance, a mild curry made with a fish called kandhuli together with a duck egg is given to someone suffering from measles or chicken pox […].

   • 2015, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Ranjita Biswas, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial, page 1:

     Awash in its fragrance, like a kandhuli fish rippling in a pond and making liquid motifs of rings and bangles, her head grew giddier and her heart beat faster.