Etymology

pad thai

Today it means: A Thai dish of stir-fried noodles with egg, tamarind, peanuts and other ingredients. Full definition →

Thai ผัดไทย
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The story

  1. Thai · borrowed fromผัดไทย“Thai stir-fry”
  2. English todaypad thai

From Thai ผัดไทย (pàt-tai, “Thai stir-fry”).

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