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A Hindu harvest festival of South India, particularly in the Tamil community, observed at the start of the month Tai (typically around January 14).
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noun
A sweet or savoury Indian rice dish.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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History
Transliteration of Tamil பொங்கல் (poṅkal). Doublet of pongal.
Borrowed from Tamil பொங்கல் (poṅkal, literally “boiling, bubbling up”). Doublet of Pongal.
