modak

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noun

An Indian sweet consisting of a flour-based outer skin filled with coconut and jaggery.

Originhi,mr मोदक →
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Meanings

nounmodak (countable and uncountable, plural modaks)

plural modaks

  1. countableuncountableAn Indian sweet consisting of a flour-based outer skin filled with coconut and jaggery.

    She serves the prasad, small cone-shaped bright-yellow modaks that they eat whole after touching to their foreheads to absorb god's blessing.

    2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 181

Origin

  1. hi,mrमोदक
  2. Englishmodak

Borrowed from Hindi and Marathi मोदक (modak).

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APA

modak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modak

MLA

“modak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modak. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “modak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modak.

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