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dhokla

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to khaman, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming, and typically eaten in India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From Gujarati ઢોકળું (ḍhokaḷũ).

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Gujarati: ઢોકળું (ḍhokaḷũ) — Translations
  • Hindi: ढोकला (ḍhoklā) — Translations
  • Kannada: ಢೋಕ್ಳಾ (ḍhōkḷā) — Translations
  • Malayalam: ഢോക്ളാ (ḍhōkḷā) — Translations
  • Marathi: ढोकळा (ḍhokḷā) — Translations
  • Punjabi: ਢੋਕਲਾ (ḍhoklā) — Translations
  • Tamil: தோக்ளா (tōkḷā) — Translations
  • Urdu: ڈھوکلا (ḍhoklā) — Translations