Feni

Quick meaning: Feni is a noun meaning (India) An alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap).

Meaning

(India) An alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap).

Example Sentences

Feni is really country liquor that has risen from its lowly status.[…]Whatever claims the Goans may lay to its potency, feni is no stronger than whisky or vodka.

A shot of Indian-made spirits is about Rs 40 to 60 (mixers cost extra) and a shot of feni is Rs 20.[…]Goans are keen to offer advice to foreigners; don't drink it on an empty stomach, don't mix it with other spirits, and certainly don't swim after a couple of fenis.

The Department of Agriculture's official definition of feni is many soulless removes from its ebullient metaphysics; ‘Feni (the more accurate rendering, as opposed to the Portuguese 'fenim') has achieved the status of a generic term applying to a wide variety of distilled alcoholic liquors derived from extracts of the coconut palm and the cashew fruit.'

Word Forms

• fenis
• fenim
• fenny

Related Words

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