Meanings
- uncountableA soup of mixed sprouted beans.
Special foods may be given during the postnatal period: kwati (beans and meat), dahi-chura (curd and beaten rice with curry meat), and gudpak (a sweet cake, rich in calories made with flour, clarified butter, cashews, and coconut).
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Origin
- newती
- newक्वा
- newक्वाती
- Englishkwati
From Newar क्वाती (kwātī), a compound of Newar क्वा (kwā) (hot) + Newar ती (tī) (soup).
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kwati. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kwati
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