conc▪ Rolland2014, EtymOnline: from Engl curry ‘a kind of Indian dish or the sauce used upon it’ (1590s, as carriel), »prob. adopted into Engl via Port caril and its pl. caris, and ultimately derived from mingling of various SInd (Drav) words including mKan, mTam and Malayalam kari, often indicating s.th. ‘black in colour’ or ‘burnt’, and thus applied broadly to spices and meats. In modern Indian cookery, curry refers to spice blends with turmeric as their key ingredient; spice blends without turmeric are called masala.
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