Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

payasam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: payasam
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Kheer (South Asian rice pudding).

Indian usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There are several varieties of payasam, including lentil payasam, jack-fruit payasam, and the rich apapradhaman payasam, which comes with rice wafers."
"Then, she tore a piece of her banana leaf, and used that to scoop up the payasam. The old Tamilian lady sitting next to her looked stunned, and then made round sweeping gestures on her leaf, showing the Japanese girl how to eat her food."
"He sighed and replied, 'All right. You can come. But to cook so much of payasam I will need much more firewood. Can you bring that with you?'"

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit पायस (pāyasa) via Malayalam പായസം (pāyasaṁ), Telugu పాయసం (pāyasaṁ), Tamil பாயசம் (pāyacam).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: पायस

Usage

Inflected Forms

payasams (plural)

Questions

What does payasam mean?: Kheer (South Asian rice pudding).
Where does payasam come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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