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dhokla

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
dhok-la
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to khaman, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming, and typically eaten in India.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Gujarati ઢોકળું (ḍhokaḷũ).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ઢોકળું

Usage

Inflected Forms

dhoklas (plural)

Questions

What does dhokla mean?
A food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to khaman, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming, and typically eaten in India.
Where does dhokla come from?
From Gujarati ઢોકળું (ḍhokaḷũ).

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