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appam

/əˈpɑm/

appam noun: a thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut.

appam: a thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut
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Noun

appam (plural appams)

  1. A thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut

appam meaning in Hindi and Tamil

appam in Hindi

appam, round cake of rice flour and sugar fried in ghee
अप्पम appam

appam in Tamil

appam, round cake of rice flour and sugar fried in ghee
அப்பம் appam
appam, hopper
ஆப்பம் āppam

Forms of appam

pluralappams

Origin of appam

Borrowed from Tamil அப்பம் (appam). Doublet of hopper.

Words formed from appam

Questions about appam

What does appam mean?
Appam means a thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut.
What is appam in Hindi?
Appam in Hindi is अप्पम (appam). See Appam meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is appam?
Appam is a noun.
How do you pronounce appam?
Appam is pronounced /əˈpɑm/.
What is the plural of appam?
The plural of appam is appams.

Words near appam in the dictionary

  1. Appalousa
  2. appals
  3. appalti
  4. appalto
  5. appaltos
  6. appam
  7. Appamatuck
  8. appams
  9. appanage
  10. appanaged
  11. appanages

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: appam (page history and authors); अप्पम (Hindi) (page history and authors); அப்பம் (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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