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zarda

UK/ˈzɑːdə/US/ˈzɑɹdə/

zarda noun: the flavoured tobacco used in paan.

Noun

zarda (uncountable)

  1. The flavoured tobacco used in paan.
    • Hookah samples collected from urban “hookah bars” from Bengaluru were found to contain nicotine content of 0.8 mg/g, while, in zarda, average nicotine was 20.35 mg/g.2015, Priyamvada Sharma, Pratima Murthy, Parul Shivhare, “Nicotine quantity and packaging disclosure in smoked and smokeless tobacco products in India”, in Indian Journal of Pharmacology, volume 47...
  2. A sweet South Asian dish of boiled rice with milk, sugar and spices.

Origin of zarda

Hindi ज़र्दा (zardā); Urdu زردہ.

Questions about zarda

What does zarda mean?
Zarda means the flavoured tobacco used in paan.
What part of speech is zarda?
Zarda is a noun.
How do you pronounce zarda?
Zarda is pronounced /ˈzɑɹdə/ (US).

Words near zarda in the dictionary

  1. zarbists
  2. Zarco
  3. Zarcone
  4. Zarcones
  5. Zarcos
  6. zarda
  7. Zardaryan
  8. Zardaryans
  9. zardaverine
  10. zardozi
  11. Zardushti

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