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khaman

khaman noun: an Indian food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to dhokla, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming.

khaman: an Indian food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to dhokla, made from a batter...
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Noun

khaman (uncountable)

  1. (India) An Indian food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to dhokla, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming.

khaman meaning in Gujarati

khaman in Gujarati

khaman
ખમણ khamaṇ

Origin of khaman

From Gujarati ખમણ (khamaṇ).

Questions about khaman

What does khaman mean?
Khaman means an Indian food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to dhokla, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming.
What is khaman in Gujarati?
Khaman in Gujarati is ખમણ (khamaṇ). See Khaman meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is khaman?
Khaman is a noun.

Words near khaman in the dictionary

  1. khaltury
  2. khalva
  3. khalīfa
  4. Kham
  5. Khamaed
  6. khaman
  7. Khamas
  8. khamaseen
  9. khamaseens
  10. Khamba
  11. Khambhat

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: khaman (page history and authors); ખમણ (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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