tawa

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noun

A frying pan or griddle.

OriginHindi तवा →
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Meanings

tawa1

nountawa (plural tawas)

plural tawas · alternative tava

  1. South AsiaA frying pan or griddle.

    Deeti gave her daughter the job of sweeping the poppy petals into a heap while she busied herself in stoking the fire and heating a heavy iron tawa.

    2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 6

tawa2

nountawa (plural tawas)

plural tawas

  1. Beilschmiedia tawa, a New Zealand broadleaf tree.

Tawa3

proper noun
  1. An outer suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.

Origin

tawa · noun

  1. Hindiतवा
  2. Englishtawa

From Hindi तवा (tavā).

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tawa · noun

  1. Māoritawa
  2. Englishtawa

From Māori tawa.

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Tawa · proper noun

  1. Māoritawa
  2. EnglishTawa

Borrowed from Māori tawa; see English tawa (“tree”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

tawa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawa

MLA

“tawa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tawa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawa.

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