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dal tarka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
dal -tar-ka
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Indian dish of lentils cooked with tarka.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Hindi दाल तड़का (dāl taṛkā); see dal + tarka.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: दाल तड़का

Usage

Inflected Forms

dal tadka (alternative) daal tarka (alternative) daal tadka (alternative) dhal tarka (alternative) dhal tadka (alternative) tarka dal (alternative) tadka dal (alternative) tarka daal (alternative) tadka daal (alternative) tarka dhal (alternative) tadka dhal (alternative) tarka dahl (alternative)

Questions

What does dal tarka mean?
An Indian dish of lentils cooked with tarka.
Where does dal tarka come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

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