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sada

sada adjective: plain, without spices or stuffing.

Adjective

sada (not comparable)

  1. (South-Asia) Plain, without spices or stuffing.
    • The masala is the icing on the cake, as it were, and lifts the ordinary crepe into something quite special. Having said this I must admit that I have a preference for the humble sada dosa because it is pure, simple and wholesome. Of course, the fact that I once massively binged on masala dosas and...2002 April 10, Vidya Shenoi Madiraju, “Masala dosa (stuffed dosa)”, in Los Angeles Times Cooking, retrieved 27 May 2026
    • There are three types of parathas. The first is plain paratha or sada paratha. This is what I am sharing today, it is also known as tawa paratha as it is cooked on a tawa (not tandoor). Second is flavored paratha where veggies or spices are added to the dough to make different flavors of paratha...2023 May 5, Kanan Patel, “Paratha Recipe (Plain Tawa Paratha)”, in Spice Up the Curry, retrieved 27 May 2026

Proper noun capitalized: Sada

Sada (plural Sadas)

  1. A surname.

Examples of sada in a sentence

  • Having said this I must admit that I have a preference for the humble sada dosa because it is pure, simple and wholesome.2002 April 10, Vidya Shenoi Madiraju, “Masala dosa (stuffed dosa)”, in Los Angeles Times Cooking, retrieved 27 May 2026:
  • The first is plain paratha or sada paratha.2023 May 5, Kanan Patel, “Paratha Recipe (Plain Tawa Paratha)”, in Spice Up the Curry, retrieved 27 May 2026:
  • The morning I had to leave Tobago, mum woke early and made me sada roti, a leavened flatbread, and her version of “baigan,” a quick-cooking eggplant stew zapped with garlic and curry powder.2026 May 4, Brigid Ransome Washington, “Every Cook Needs a Reset. This Was Mine.”, in New York Times Cooking, retrieved 27 May 2026:

Forms of sada

pluralSadas

Origin of sada

Borrowed from Urdu سادہ (sāda).

Questions about sada

What does sada mean?
Sada means plain, without spices or stuffing.
How do you use sada in a sentence?
Having said this I must admit that I have a preference for the humble sada dosa because it is pure, simple and wholesome.
What part of speech is sada?
Sada can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near sada in the dictionary

  1. sad-coms
  2. sad-eyed
  3. sad-faced
  4. sad-iron
  5. sad2say
  6. sada
  7. Sadachbia
  8. Sadaghdar
  9. Sadakhlo
  10. Sadako
  11. Sadalmelik

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