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gutkha

gutkha is the alternative form of gutka.

Meaning of gutka

Noun

gutka (uncountable)

  1. A preparation of crushed areca nut, tobacco, catechu, paraffin, slaked lime and sweet or savoury flavourings, chewed recreationally in India.
    • ‘It's the sight of melting flesh that is revolting,’ he says in Hindi. ‘That is why most Dom men drink alcohol or chew gutka.’2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 6
  2. (India, derogatory) A Hindi-speaking person.

Questions about gutkha

What is gutkha the alternative form of?
Gutkha is the alternative form of gutka.

Words near gutkha in the dictionary

  1. Gutierres
  2. Gutierreses
  3. Gutierrez
  4. Gutium
  5. gutka
  6. gutkha
  7. Gutknecht
  8. Gutknechts
  9. Gutkowski
  10. Gutkowskis
  11. Gutland

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