Meanings
alternative oord · alternative oordh · alternative oorud · alternative udad · alternative urd
- IndiauncountablebiologyVigna mungo, a South Asian bean used to make dal.
A lasagne that feels like lasagne except made from mung and urad beans; the whole thing is then served – as if to remind you, again, of what it is not – with a thumb of cucumber.
2025 February 14, Morwenna Ferrier, “‘Butter is a perception’: inside the UK’s first plant-based Michelin-starred restaurant”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: black gram, black lentil, urad bean, urd bean
Synonyms & antonyms
nounVigna mungo, a South Asian bean used to make dal.
Origin
- Proto-Dravidian*uẓuntu
- Hindiउड़द
- Englishurad
Borrowed from Hindi उड़द (uṛad), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *uẓuntu
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Bengali মাষকলাই
- মাষকলাই (maṣkôlai)South Asian bean
French haricot urd, urd
- haricot urdSouth Asian bean
- urdSouth Asian bean
German Urdbohne, Linsenbohne
- UrdbohneSouth Asian bean
- LinsenbohneSouth Asian bean
Hindi उड़द
- उड़द (uṛad)South Asian bean
Japanese 毛蔓小豆
- 毛蔓小豆South Asian bean
Punjabi ਮਾਂਹ, ਮਾਸ਼
- ਮਾਂਹ (mā̃h)South Asian bean
- ਮਾਸ਼ (māś)South Asian bean
Tamil உளுந்து, உழுந்து
- உளுந்து (uḷuntu)South Asian bean
- உழுந்து (uḻuntu)South Asian bean
Vietnamese đậu muồng ăn
- đậu muồng ănSouth Asian bean
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Cite this entry
urad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urad
“urad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urad. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urad,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urad.
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