Etymology

namkeen

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Today it means: Any savoury snack eaten between meals. Full definition →

Hindi नमकीन
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The story

  1. Hindi · borrowed fromनमकीन“salty”
  2. English todaynamkeen

Borrowed from Hindi नमकीन (namkīn, “salty”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.