Ghoti

ghoti English Ghotis Alternative forms en ghoti Etymology Borrowed from en bn ঘটি. Noun en India A Bengali who originates from western Bengal. en West Bengali en Bangal en 2009 Sabya Sachi Of Fish and Beef, the New Recipe of the Muslim Identity: A Journey through the Cultural Prism of West Bengal w:Ather Farouqui Muslims and Media Images: News versus Views New Delhi w:Oxford University Press part II (Transcending Boundaries) 135 https://archive.org/details/muslimsmediaimag0000unse/page/135/mode/1up 978-0-19-569495-6 In fact there exists subtle animosity between the Bangals and the Ghotis (East Bengal immigrants are called Bangals, and the residing Bengali Hindus are called Ghotis). The cause is economic; en 2016 Kalyan Karmakar Sweet Home Kolkata The Travelling Belly: Eating Through India’s By-Lanes Gurgaon, Haryana w:Hachette India 29 https://archive.org/details/travellingbellye0000karm/page/29/mode/1up 978-93-5009-910-0 The Ghotis are natives of what was West Bengal or the Indian side of Bengal. At the risk of making a broad generaliation, you can say that the general rule of thumb is that Ghoti dishes are a bit sweet, while Bangal dishes are spicy, have a strong chilli element and are savoury. en 2017 Kushanava Choudhury Sealdah The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta London; New York, N.Y. Bloomsbury Circus part III 178 https://archive.org/details/epiccityworldons0000chou_w5a3/page/178/mode/1up 978-1-4088-8888-9 The landlords were Ghotis, like my mother’s family, meaning they were from the western part of Bengal, the part that had stayed in India. Translations Bengali who originates from western Bengal Arabic: ar غُوتِيّ Bengali: bn ঘটি French: fr ghoti Hindi: hi घोटी Punjabi: Western Punjabi: pnb گھوٹی ghôṭi Urdu: ur گھوٹی ghôṭi Uyghur: ug گھوتى