How do you say “delicious” in Uzbek?

Mazali, pronounced ma-za-LI. Say Juda mazali! (“very tasty!”) and you have paid the cook the right compliment.

Delicious in Uzbek: pronunciation and how to reply

Uzbek	Pronunciation	Meaning	When
Mazali	ma-za-LI	Tasty, delicious
Juda mazali!	ju-DA ma-za-LI	Very tasty!	The standard compliment.
Mazali boʻlibdi	ma-za-LI boʻ-lib-DI	It has turned out delicious	What you say about a dish someone cooked.
Shirin	shi-RIN	Sweet; tasty	Used for sweet things, and warmly for food in general.

Capital letters mark the stressed syllable. Uzbek stress usually falls on the last syllable.

Having taste.

Host: Palov yoqdimi?
Did you like the plov?
You: Juda mazali boʻlibdi! Qoʻlingiz dard koʻrmasin.
It's delicious! May your hands never know pain.
Host: Osh boʻlsin!
May it nourish you!

Maza is “taste”; -li makes an adjective: “with taste”. Bemaza, “without taste”, is the opposite.
Qoʻlingiz dard koʻrmasin is the traditional thanks to a cook. It always lands well.

Confusing mazali (tasty) with shirin (sweet). Plov is mazali, a melon is shirin.

This phrase is part of Uzbek phrases for the bazaar in the free phrasebook, with the grammar behind it.

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