dhokla
dhokla noun: a food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to khaman, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming, and typically eaten in India.
Noun
dhokla (countable and uncountable, plural dhoklas)
dhokla meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dhokla in Hindi
- Translations
- ढोकला ḍhoklā
dhokla in Tamil
- Translations
- தோக்ளா tōkḷā
dhokla in Marathi
- Translations
- ढोकळा ḍhokḷā
dhokla in Urdu
- Translations
- ڈھوکلا ḍhoklā
More languagesFewer languages
- dhokla in Malayalam
- ഢോക്ളാ ḍhōkḷā
- dhokla in Kannada
- ಢೋಕ್ಳಾ ḍhōkḷā
- dhokla in Punjabi
- ਢੋਕਲਾ ḍhoklā
- dhokla in Gujarati
- ઢોકળું ḍhokaḷũ
Forms of dhokla
| plural | dhoklas |
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Origin of dhokla
From Gujarati ઢોકળું (ḍhokaḷũ).
Questions about dhokla
- What does dhokla mean?
- Dhokla means a food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to khaman, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming, and typically eaten in India.
- What is dhokla in Hindi?
- Dhokla in Hindi is ढोकला (ḍhoklā). See Dhokla meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dhokla?
- Dhokla is a noun.
- What is the plural of dhokla?
- The plural of dhokla is dhoklas.
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