payasam
payasam noun: kheer (South Asian rice pudding).
Noun
payasam (countable and uncountable, plural payasams)
- Kheer (South Asian rice pudding).
- There are several varieties of payasam, including lentil payasam, jack-fruit payasam, and the rich apapradhaman payasam, which comes with rice wafers.2003, David Abram, Nick Edwards, The Rough Guide to South India, page 375
- Then, she tore a piece of her banana leaf, and used that to scoop up the payasam. The old Tamilian lady sitting next to her looked stunned, and then made round sweeping gestures on her leaf, showing the Japanese girl how to eat her food.2010, Susan Visvanathan, The Children of Nature: The Life and Legacy of Ramana Maharshi
payasam meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
payasam in Tamil
- payasam
- பாயசம் pāyacam
payasam in Malayalam
- payasam; a milk dessert
- പായസം pāyasaṁ
Forms of payasam
| plural | payasams |
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Origin of payasam
Ultimately from Sanskrit पायस (pāyasa) via Malayalam പായസം (pāyasaṁ), Telugu పాయసం (pāyasaṁ), Tamil பாயசம் (pāyacam).
Questions about payasam
- What does payasam mean?
- Payasam means kheer (South Asian rice pudding).
- What is payasam in Tamil?
- Payasam in Tamil is பாயசம் (pāyacam). See Payasam meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is payasam?
- Payasam is a noun.
- What is the plural of payasam?
- The plural of payasam is payasams.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: payasam (page history and authors); பாயசம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); പായസം (Malayalam) (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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