kulfi

English

Etymology

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

Noun

kulfi (countable and uncountable, plural kulfis)

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.

Translations

dessert

• Burmese: ကူဖီ (kuhpi)
• Hindi: क़ुल्फ़ी (qulfī)
• Japanese: クルフィ (kurufi)
• Punjabi: ਕੁਲਫ਼ੀ f (kulfī)
• Tamil: குல்ஃபி (kulfi), குற்பி (kuṟpi)

References

• “kulfi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “kulfi”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “kulfi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.