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Poppadom

2 stages from Tamil to English.

Today it means a thin, crisp wafer made from lentil or rice flour, fried or roasted
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pappadam
Tamil · medieval
"a lentil wafer"
a thin, crisp fried or roasted lentil wafer
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poppadom
English · 1900s
"a thin, crisp fried wafer"
adopted as South Asian cuisine spread internationally
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