🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

हरे प्याज

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hare pyāz

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Green Onion/ɡriːn ˈʌn.jən/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसने सलाद में हरे प्याज डाले।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A young onion harvested before the bulb has fully developed, characterized by its long green stalks and mild flavor.

    "She added chopped green onions to the salad for extra flavor."
  2. 2

    A type of onion that is typically used in cooking for its green tops and mild taste.

    "Green onions are often used as a garnish in Asian dishes."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'green onion' combines 'green', derived from Old English 'grēne', meaning 'of the color of grass', and 'onion', from Latin 'unio', which referred to a single pearl or onion bulb. The usage of 'green onion' to describe young onions with green tops emerged in the 19th century.

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