Etymology

panipuri

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Today it means: A form of fried puff-pastry balls filled with a watery mixture of tamarind, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion and chickpeas, from India and Pakistan. Full definition →

Hindi पानी पूरी
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  1. Hindi · borrowed fromपानी पूरी
  2. English todaypanipuri

Borrowed from Hindi पानी पूरी (pānī pūrī, literally “water bread”), from पानी (pānī, “water”) + पूरी (pūrī, “puri, poori”, a type of Indian bread).

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