tekeli pitha

noun

An eastern South Asian steamed rice cake.

Meanings

nountekeli pitha (plural tekeli pithas)

plural tekeli pithas

Origin

  1. asটেকেলি পিঠা
  2. Englishtekeli pitha

Borrowed from Assamese টেকেলি পিঠা (tekeli pitha).

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Translations

Bengali ভাপা পিঠে
  • ভাপা পিঠে (bhapa piṭhe)rice cake from eastern South Asia
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