Urdu Dictionary

چاشني ćāshnī

P چاشني ćāshnī [fr. Zend ćaśh = S. चष्, cf. ćāsht], s.f. Taste, flavour, relish; a mixture of sweet and sour; a taste by way of a sample; a specimen; a piece of gold or silver melted to prove its purity; proof, trial;—syrup; the viscous state of a syrup:—ćāshnī-dār, adj. Sweet and sour:—ćāshnī-gīr, s.m. A taster; a servant whose duty it is to watch over the kitchen of princes and to taste every dish brought on table (as a security against poison; cf. bakāwal).