Meanings
plural panipuris · alternative paanipuri · alternative panipuree · alternative pani puri
- A form of fried puff-pastry balls filled with a watery mixture of tamarind, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion and chickpeas, from India and Pakistan.
“Diwali this year will be even busier than last year,” said Saakhi Grover, an assistant manager and a daughter-in-law of Mr. Gaba. Cooks will work long hours preparing sweets and snacks like pani puri.
2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: golgappa, phuchka, water ball
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of fried puff-pastry balls filled with a watery mixture of tamarind, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion and chickpeas, from India and Pakistan.
Origin
- Hindiपानी पूरी
- Englishpanipuri
Borrowed from Hindi पानी पूरी (pānī pūrī, literally “water bread”), from पानी (pānī, “water”) + पूरी (pūrī, “puri, poori”, a type of Indian bread).
More words from Hindi
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali ফুচকা
- ফুচকা (phucoka)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Chinese Mandarin 香料水醬酥炸球 /香料水酱酥炸球
- 香料水醬酥炸球 /香料水酱酥炸球 (xiāngliào shuǐjiàng sūzháqiú)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Hindi पानी पूरी, गोलगप्पे
- पानी पूरी (pānī pūrī)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
- गोलगप्पे (golgappe)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
- फुलकी (Uttar Pradesh)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
- गुपचुप (Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
- फुचका (phuckā)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Indonesian panipuri
- panipuriIndian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Japanese パーニープーリー
- パーニープーリー (pānīpūrī)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Korean 파니푸리
- 파니푸리 (panipuri)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Polish panipuri
- panipuriIndian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Punjabi ਗੋਲ਼ ਗੱਪਾ, ਪਾਣੀਪੂਰੀ
- ਗੋਲ਼ ਗੱਪਾ (goḷ gappā)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
- ਪਾਣੀਪੂਰੀ (pāṇīpūrī)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Russian па́ни пу́ри
- па́ни пу́ри (páni púri)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Tamil பானிபூரி
- பானிபூரி (pāṉipūri)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Thai ปานีปูรี
- ปานีปูรี (bpaa-nii-bpuu-rii)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Urdu گول گپے, پانی پوری
- گول گپے (gol gapē)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
- پانی پوری (pānī pūrī)Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with panipuri
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