Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

watalappam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wata-lap-pam
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Sri Lankan coconut custard pudding made with jaggery, cashew nuts, eggs, spices, etc.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Sinhalese වටලප්පන් (waṭalappan), from Tamil வட்டிலப்பம் (vaṭṭilappam).

Word Breakdown

Root: வட்டிலப்பம்

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

watalappan (alternative) vattilappam (alternative)

Questions

What does watalappam mean?: A Sri Lankan coconut custard pudding made with jaggery, cashew nuts, eggs, spices, etc.
Where does watalappam come from?: Borrowed from Sinhalese වටලප්පන් (waṭalappan), from Tamil வட்டிலப்பம் (vaṭṭilappam).

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