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gourmet

Hindi translation: SwAd lolup/Bhog-vilAsii/swAd pArkhii...

11:54 Sep 3, 2005
English to Hindi translations [PRO]
Food & Drink
English term or phrase: gourmet
later they realised that the party was a group of gourmets, who travelled all over the world.
Shruti Nagar
India
Local time: 00:58
Hindi translation:SwAd lolup/Bhog-vilAsii/swAd pArkhii...
Explanation:
(Mooltah sharAb pArkhii)/khAne-peene kA swAd samajhne wAlA aur batAne wAlA

Gourmet means a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

I propose the abovementioned options in this case.

It is very difficult to make a precise suggestion on the basis of slim context available. I hope one of the above alternatives will fit in your text.

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Note added at 2 hrs 17 mins (2005-09-03 14:11:47 GMT)
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Gourmet also means:

A gourmet is a person that is knowledgeable in fine food and drink. It was derived from French "groumet" (sic), a valet that was in charge of the wines.

If this is the case, the second meaning i.e. swAd pArkhii(Mooltah sharAb pArkhii)/khAne-peene kA swAd samajhne wAlA aur batAne wAlA will be applicable.
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Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 00:58
Grading comment
thanks lingo. though I needed a less formal word and finally used "khane ke rasik"
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3SwAd lolup/Bhog-vilAsii/swAd pArkhii...
Rajan Chopra
4indriya bhogi
kapardi (X)
5 -1Manchala / le - मनचला/ले
Anant Bedarkar
4 -1chatore
viveekt


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
SwAd lolup/Bhog-vilAsii/swAd pArkhii...


Explanation:
(Mooltah sharAb pArkhii)/khAne-peene kA swAd samajhne wAlA aur batAne wAlA

Gourmet means a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

I propose the abovementioned options in this case.

It is very difficult to make a precise suggestion on the basis of slim context available. I hope one of the above alternatives will fit in your text.

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Note added at 2 hrs 17 mins (2005-09-03 14:11:47 GMT)
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Gourmet also means:

A gourmet is a person that is knowledgeable in fine food and drink. It was derived from French "groumet" (sic), a valet that was in charge of the wines.

If this is the case, the second meaning i.e. swAd pArkhii(Mooltah sharAb pArkhii)/khAne-peene kA swAd samajhne wAlA aur batAne wAlA will be applicable.

Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 00:58
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Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 22
Grading comment
thanks lingo. though I needed a less formal word and finally used "khane ke rasik"

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Seema Ugrankar: Swad parkhi is correct.
22 mins
  -> Thank you, Seema!
agree  keshab: yes, Swad Parkhi is the correct answer.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Keshab!
agree  amulkhanna: prefer swad parkhi to swad lolup as the latter seems to have negative connotations which the word "gourmet" totally lacks
3 days 23 hrs
  -> Thanks Amul for your observation. In fact, we have perhaps got two shades of meaning of this term. That is why, I felt it pertinent to mention both of these.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
chatore


Explanation:
though it is very common word but fit exactly.

viveekt
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of: Native in GujaratiGujarati, Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  amulkhanna: it seems to me that chatora is a negative word implying greed and gluttony whereas gourmet has none of these connotations.
3 days 19 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
indriya bhogi


Explanation:
Contextually, in Princeton universitie's dictionary website, there are two matching definitions for the word 'gourmet' found as "a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)" and "a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses." This resource is an online lexical reference system.

Since, I'd suggest equalent word in Hindi is 'indriya bhogi,' instead of 'bhojana priy.' Senses are the cause of sensual enjoyment. All materialistic things we experience through five organs of sense. Since, it needed to interpret the translation in this way!!

Hope, this helps a little!!

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Note added at 23 hrs 20 mins (2005-09-04 11:14:32 GMT)
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While supporting langclinic's suggestion, i'd emphasize again on the above term.

Thanks!


    Reference: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
kapardi (X)
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  amulkhanna: "indriya bhogi" corresponds to "sensualist" which might be a subsidiary meaning of "gourmet" but is not the principal one. the main meaning relates to a person of discernment regarding food and drink.
3 days 23 hrs
  -> Thanks for your obsevations. I agree with you when the meaning intrepreted at surface level. But I proposed the nucleus meaning of a 'gourmet' to a 'sensualist.' Without the help of senses, one cann't able to distinguish between between desiresed things..
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1 day 16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Manchala / le - मनचला/ले


Explanation:
The word by itself is explanatory

Anant Bedarkar
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in MarathiMarathi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  amulkhanna: i dont see where the connection with a discriminating taste for food and drink is, which is what a gourmet has
2 days 9 hrs
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