incense stick
incense stick noun: a thin stick covered with incense that burns slowly and gives off fragrant smoke when set alight.
Noun
incense stick (plural incense sticks)
- A thin stick covered with incense that burns slowly and gives off fragrant smoke when set alight.
- For instance, Hawkins, Lewis, Hankin and Sengupta all cover the word agarbatti, an incense stick or joss stick, but there is no way of knowing when this term was first used in Indian English, nor whether it is now current or obsolete.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 300
incense stick meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
incense stick in Hindi
- A thin stick covered in incense
- अगरबत्ती agarbattī
incense stick in Tamil
- ஊதுபத்தி, ஊதுவத்தி
incense stick in Marathi
- incense stick
- ऊदबत्ती ūdbattī
incense stick in Urdu
- incense stick, scented candle
- اگربتی agarbattī
More languagesFewer languages
- incense stick in Malayalam
- ചന്ദനത്തിരി candanattiri
- incense stick in Punjabi
- ਅਗਰਬੱਤੀ agarbattī
- incense stick in Gujarati
- અગરબત્તી agarbattī
Forms of incense stick
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Questions about incense stick
- What does incense stick mean?
- Incense stick means a thin stick covered with incense that burns slowly and gives off fragrant smoke when set alight.
- What is incense stick in Hindi?
- Incense stick in Hindi is अगरबत्ती (agarbattī). See Incense stick meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is incense stick?
- Incense stick is a noun.
- What is the plural of incense stick?
- The plural of incense stick is incense sticks.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: incense stick (page history and authors); incense stick (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ऊदबत्ती (Marathi) (page history and authors); اگربتی (Urdu) (page history and authors); ചന്ദനത്തിരി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਅਗਰਬੱਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); અગરબત્તી (Gujarati) (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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