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chakli

chakli noun: a type of murukku that uses chickpea flour as well.

Noun

chakli (countable and uncountable, plural chaklis)

  1. (India) A type of murukku that uses chickpea flour as well.
    • From scrumptious karanjis to ghee-laden anarsas and spiral chaklis, making sweets and savouries during Diwali has been a long-standing tradition.2012 November 13, Reema Gehi, “Mithai as health tonic”, in Times of India

chakli meaning in Marathi and Punjabi

chakli in Marathi

chakli, a deep-fried snack usually made of rice, urad dal and/or chickpea flour, formed into a spiral shape
चकली cakalī

chakli in Punjabi

chakli
ਚਕਲੀ caklī

Forms of chakli

pluralchaklis

Origin of chakli

From Hindustani चकली / چكلی (caklī) or Marathi चकली (caklī).

Questions about chakli

What does chakli mean?
Chakli means a type of murukku that uses chickpea flour as well.
What is chakli in Marathi?
Chakli in Marathi is चकली (cakalī). See Chakli meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is chakli?
Chakli is a noun.
What is the plural of chakli?
The plural of chakli is chaklis.

Words near chakli in the dictionary

  1. chakitaklla
  2. chakitaqlla
  3. chakla
  4. Chaklala
  5. chaklas
  6. chakli
  7. chaklis
  8. Chakma
  9. Chakmas
  10. chaknow
  11. Chakobsa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chakli (page history and authors); चकली (Marathi) (page history and authors); ਚਕਲੀ (Punjabi) (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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