papri

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noun

A crisp fried dough wafer made from refined white flour and oil, eaten in India.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounpapri (plural papris)

plural papris · alternative papdi

  1. IndiaA crisp fried dough wafer made from refined white flour and oil, eaten in India.

Origin

  1. Hindiपापड़ी
  2. Hindiपापड़ी
  3. Englishpapri

Borrowed from Hindi पापड़ी (pāpṛī).

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