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noun
A press or mill, particularly one used for grinding sugar cane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, North
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noun
A rolling pin, typically used for flattening dough for roti.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Caribbean, India, North
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History
Borrowed from Hindi बेलना (belnā), Punjabi ਬੇਲਣਾ (belṇā), Guyanese Creole English belna and Mauritian Creole belna. First attested in 1868.
