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handi, n. S. Asian.
Brit. |ˈhandi|, U.S. |ˈhændi|
Forms: 18 hándi, 19– handi
[‹ Hindi hā̃nḍī small earthenware pot ‹ Sanskrit bhāṇḍa pot + -ika, diminutive suffix.]
An earthenware or metal pot used in Indian cooking.
1895H. R. C. Dobbs Pott. & Glass Industries N.-W. Provinces & Oudh iv. 8 A large vessel such as a gharra or hándi is only roughly formed on the wheel, its sides being much thicker and its whole shape narrower than that of the finished vessel. 1907Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 37 237 If the child is a girl, the parents give some grain in an old black hǎṇ-ḍí (an earthen pot) to the midwife. 1935M. R. Anand Untouchable (1940) 83 Sohini proceeded to put the smoke-bottomed handi full of tea-leaves, water and milk to boil. 1969Illustr. Weekly India 27 July 31/2 Rice is cooked in a ‘handi’ for making beer. 1998P. Chapman 1999 Good Curry Guide 129 Hyderabadi Lamb Biriani, garnished with an onion tarka served in a beaten copper Handi. |