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How to say rice (cooked) in Nepali

Rice (cooked)

A mound of steamed white rice on a steel thali
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भात

Bhāt

Pronunciation: bhaht

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'Bhāt' is cooked rice; 'chāmal' is uncooked rice; 'dhān' is rice on the stalk. The Nepali greeting 'bhāt khānubhayo?' ('have you eaten?') uses bhāt as a stand-in for any meal.

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