prasad

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi प्रसाद (prasād).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəˈsɑːd/

Noun

prasad (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism) Food used as a religious offering. [from 18th c.]
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 116:
      I gave her the prasad from Eklingji to gain time to think.

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindi प्रसाद (prasād).

Pronunciation
  • IPA: [pɾəsad]

Noun

prasad

  1. (Hinduism, Sikhism) a type of food that is served as a religious offering in both Hinduism and Sikhism
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