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paans

paans is the plural of paan.

Meaning of paan

Noun

paan (countable and uncountable, plural paans)

  1. (India) A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.
    • ‘I am an Indian, it is an Indian habit to take pan. The Civil Surgeon must put up with it.’1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 13

Questions about paans

What is paans the plural of?
Paans is the plural of paan.

Words near paans in the dictionary

  1. paamayim nekudotayim
  2. Paamese
  3. paan
  4. paanakam
  5. Paang Bundok
  6. paans
  7. paanwallah
  8. paanwallahs
  9. paar
  10. Paaratte
  11. paarite

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