matka

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noun

An earthenware pot.

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Meanings

nounmatka (countable and uncountable, plural matkas)

plural matkas

  1. IndiacountableAn earthenware pot.

    Alternatively, instead of cooking in a matka, wrap the vegetable mixture (without lettuce leaves) in aluminium foil and bake in a hot oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 1 hour.

    2022, Vijay Karna, The Great Indian Cook Book, page 185
  2. IndiacountableuncountableA kind of coarse silk from the Indian subcontinent, mainly produced from pierced (moth-damaged) cocoons.

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Origin

  1. Hindiमटका
  2. Hindiमटका
  3. Englishmatka

Borrowed from Hindi मटका (maṭkā).

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