panipuri

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

nightshade

potato

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root vegetable

spud

yam

aloo

Translations

Erdbirne

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Kartoffel

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patate

pomme de terre

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aardappel

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patat

patates

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sigara böreği

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɑːnɪˌpuːɹɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पानी पूरी (pānī pūrī, literally “water bread”), from पानी (pānī, “water”) + पूरी (pūrī, “puri, poori”, a type of Indian bread).