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matka

matka noun: an earthenware pot.

Noun

matka (countable and uncountable, plural matkas)

  1. (India, countable) An earthenware pot.
    • Alternatively, instead of cooking in a matka, wrap the vegetable mixture (without lettuce leaves) in aluminium foil and bake in a hot oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 1 hour.2022, Vijay Karna, The Great Indian Cook Book, page 185
  2. (India) A kind of coarse silk from the Indian subcontinent, mainly produced from pierced (moth-damaged) cocoons.

Forms of matka

pluralmatkas

Origin of matka

Borrowed from Hindi मटका (maṭkā).

Questions about matka

What does matka mean?
Matka means an earthenware pot.
What part of speech is matka?
Matka is a noun.
What is the plural of matka?
The plural of matka is matkas.

Words near matka in the dictionary

  1. Matiyasevich's theorem
  2. matje
  3. matjes
  4. matjes herring
  5. matjes herrings
  6. matka
  7. matkas
  8. matki
  9. Matkin
  10. Matkins
  11. Matkinses

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