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poha

poha noun: flattened rice.

poha: flattened rice
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Noun (1)

poha (uncountable)

  1. Flattened rice.
  2. Any Indian dish using flattened rice as a base.
    • She brought fresh green chillies with her every day and cooked me poha for breakfast.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 111

Noun (2)

poha

  1. Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana).

poha meaning in Punjabi and Gujarati

poha in Punjabi

poha
ਚਿੜਵੜਾ ciṛvaṛā

poha in Gujarati

poha, flattened rice
પૌંઆ paũā

Origin of poha

Borrowed from Hindi पोहा (pohā).

Borrowed from Hawaiian pohā

Questions about poha

What does poha mean?
Poha means flattened rice.
What is poha in Punjabi?
Poha in Punjabi is ਚਿੜਵੜਾ (ciṛvaṛā). See Poha meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is poha?
Poha is a noun.

Words near poha in the dictionary

  1. pogue
  2. pogues
  3. pogy
  4. Pogăceaua
  5. poh
  6. poha
  7. Pohai Bay
  8. Pohai Sea
  9. Pohang
  10. Pohela Boishakh
  11. pohickory

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: poha (page history and authors); ਚਿੜਵੜਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); પૌંઆ (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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