dahl

See also: Dahl

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Etymology

From Hindi दाल (dāl) or a cognate thereof.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːl

Noun

dahl (countable and uncountable, plural dahls)

  1. Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
  2. A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.
    • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days‎:
      A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins.
  3. A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea.

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