malai paan

noun

A traditional sweet made of clotted cream filled with aromatic spices and nuts.

Meanings

nounmalai paan (countable and uncountable, plural malai paans)

plural malai paans

  1. countableuncountablecookingA traditional sweet made of clotted cream filled with aromatic spices and nuts.

Origin

  1. Hindiमलाई पान
  2. Englishmalai paan

Borrowed from Hindi मलाई पान (malāī pān).

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Translations

Hindi मलाई पान
  • मलाई पान (malāī pān)sweet Indian dessert
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