noun
timur
Timur (noun) means Rattan pepper, a spice made from the small reddish-brown fruit of a prickly ash tree, used in South Asian and Himalayan cooking for its sharp, numbing flavour. Example: “The chutney got its distinctive tingle from crushed timur seeds.”
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Rattan pepper, a spice made from the small reddish-brown fruit of a prickly ash tree, used in South Asian and Himalayan cooking for its sharp, numbing flavour.
"The chutney got its distinctive tingle from crushed timur seeds."
How to use timur
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA tongue-tingling Himalayan spice, similar in effect to Sichuan pepper.
Easily confused with
Sichuan pepper
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Etymology
Borrowed from the Nepali word timura for the same spice.
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What does “timur” mean?
The word “timur” means rattan pepper, a spice made from the small reddish-brown fruit of a prickly ash tree, used in South Asian and Himalayan cooking for its sharp, numbing flavour. In plain terms, a tongue-tingling Himalayan spice, similar in effect to Sichuan pepper.
How do you use “timur” in a sentence?
Here is “timur” used in a sentence: “The chutney got its distinctive tingle from crushed timur seeds.”
What part of speech is “timur”?
“Timur” is a noun.
What is the meaning of timur?
"timur" (noun) means rattan pepper, a spice made from the small reddish-brown fruit of a prickly ash tree, used in South Asian and Himalayan cooking for its sharp, numbing flavour.
