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namkeen

/nəmˈkin/

namkeen noun: any savoury snack eaten between meals.

Noun

namkeen (plural namkeens)

  1. (India) Any savoury snack eaten between meals.

Forms of namkeen

pluralnamkeens
alternative formnamkin

Origin of namkeen

Borrowed from Hindi नमकीन (namkīn, “salty”).

Questions about namkeen

What does namkeen mean?
Namkeen means any savoury snack eaten between meals.
What part of speech is namkeen?
Namkeen is a noun.
How do you pronounce namkeen?
Namkeen is pronounced /nəmˈkin/.
What is the plural of namkeen?
The plural of namkeen is namkeens.

Words near namkeen in the dictionary

  1. naming word
  2. naming words
  3. Namingha
  4. namings
  5. namirotene
  6. namkeen
  7. namkeens
  8. namkin
  9. namkins
  10. Namla
  11. Namlish

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