zarda

See also: zárda and žarda

English

Etymology

Hindi ज़र्दा (zardā); Urdu زردہ‎‎.

Noun

zarda (uncountable)

  1. The flavoured tobacco used in paan.
    • 2015, Priyamvada Sharma, Pratima Murthy, Parul Shivhare, “Nicotine quantity and packaging disclosure in smoked and smokeless tobacco products in India”, in Indian Journal of Pharmacology‎, volume 47, DOI:10.4103/0253-7613.161273:
      Hookah samples collected from urban “hookah bars” from Bengaluru were found to contain nicotine content of 0.8 mg/g, while, in zarda, average nicotine was 20.35 mg/g.
  2. A sweet South Asian dish of boiled rice with milk, sugar and spices.

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