phall

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/fɑːl//pʰɑːl/India/pʰəl/

noun

A spicy grilled South Indian curry made with chillis and ginger.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounphall (plural phalls)

plural phalls · alternative phaal · alternative phal

  1. A spicy grilled South Indian curry made with chillis and ginger.
  2. UKAn extremely hot British-Indian curry, often billed as the hottest curry in the world.

    “Misled how?” I toss this over in my mind as my fork tosses the murg phall, a suicidally hot Bangalore-style chicken curry designed for masochistic European taste, slowly oxidizing in my plate.

    2010, Donald W. Bacon, Followed by Madness

Origin

  1. Sanskritलम्फ
  2. Bengaliফাল
  3. Englishphall

Likely from Bengali ফাল (phal), metathesis of লাফ (laph), from Sanskrit लम्फ (lampha).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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