hazree

English

Etymology

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Particularly: “Hobson-Jobson: "This word is commonly used in Anglo-Indian households in the Bengal Presidency for 'breakfast.' It is not clear how it got this meaning. The earlier sense was religious. It is properly ḥāẓirī, 'muster,' from the Ar. ḥāẓir, 'ready or present.' (See CHOTA-HAZRY.)"”

Noun

hazree (usually uncountable, plural hazrees)

(India, archaic) Breakfast.

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “hazree”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].