kulfi
kulfi noun: a flavoured frozen dessert of South Asia, made from milk and resembling ice cream.

Noun
kulfi (countable and uncountable, plural kulfis)
- A flavoured frozen dessert of South Asia, made from milk and resembling ice cream.
- Vada pav sandwiches and mango kulfi were sold at the concession stand.2007 January 3, Kareem Fahim, “For Some Moviegoers, It’s ‘Hooray for Bollywood’”, in New York Times
kulfi meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi
kulfi in Hindi
- dessert
- क़ुल्फ़ी qulfī
kulfi in Tamil
- dessert
- குல்ஃபி kulfi
kulfi in Urdu
- kulfi
- قلفی qulfī
kulfi in Punjabi
- dessert
- ਕੁਲਫ਼ੀ kulfī
More languagesFewer languages
- kulfi in Gujarati
- કુલ્ફી kulphī
- kulfi in Myanmar
- ကူဖီ kuhpi
Forms of kulfi
| plural | kulfis |
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Origin of kulfi
From Hindi क़ुल्फ़ी (qulfī)/Urdu قلفی (qulfī), from Classical Persian قفلی (quflī) from قفل (qufl), from Arabic قُفْل (qufl, “lock, bolt”).
Questions about kulfi
- What does kulfi mean?
- Kulfi means a flavoured frozen dessert of South Asia, made from milk and resembling ice cream.
- What is kulfi in Hindi?
- Kulfi in Hindi is क़ुल्फ़ी (qulfī). See Kulfi meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kulfi?
- Kulfi is a noun.
- What is the plural of kulfi?
- The plural of kulfi is kulfis.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kulfi (page history and authors); قلفی (Urdu) (page history and authors); કુલ્ફી (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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