paan
A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco,…A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.
Translations
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Meaning
1 senses(India, countable, uncountable)A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.
Betelbissen, Betelpriem
Origin
Borrowed from Hindi पान (pān).Borrowed from Hindi पान (pān).
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Forms
plural: paansWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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