rasam
rasam noun: a spicy South Indian soup made with tamarind juice.
Noun
rasam (uncountable)
- A spicy South Indian soup made with tamarind juice.
- A couple of vegetables, sambar (spicy and sour lentils and vegetables boiled with masalas and spices), rasam (a hot and fiery lentil soup-like dish) and curds (yoghurt) served with heaps of rice and eaten in that order. A non-vegetarian version of the “meals” can be found in “Military” hotels.2017 July 12, Sanjiv Khamgaonkar, “40 Mumbai foods we can’t live without”, in CNN
rasam meaning in Tamil
rasam in Tamil
- rasam; a soup made with tamarind
- ரசம் racam
- rasam
- சாறு cāṟu
Origin of rasam
Probably borrowed from Tamil ரசம் (racam), from Sanskrit रस (rasa, “juice”). Doublet of rasa.
Questions about rasam
- What does rasam mean?
- Rasam means a spicy South Indian soup made with tamarind juice.
- What is rasam in Tamil?
- Rasam in Tamil is ரசம் (racam), சாறு (cāṟu). See Rasam meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rasam?
- Rasam is a noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rasam (page history and authors); சாறு (Tamil) (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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