Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hilsa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: hilsa
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi हिल्सा (hilsā).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: हिल्सा

Inflected Forms

hilsas (plural)

Synonyms

hilsa shad ilish

Questions

What does hilsa mean?: Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.
Where does hilsa come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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