thukpa

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ཐུག་པ (thug pa).

Noun

thukpa (plural thukpas)

1. A Tibetan noodle soup.
   • 1983, Andrew Harvey, A Journey in Ladakh‎:

     Sometimes a little vegetables, sometimes a little meat, sometimes a little soup with noodles, tomatoes and cabbage. Thukpa they are calling it.

   • 2001, Namgyal Lhamo Taklha, Born in Lhasa‎, page 64:

     The Sherpas helped us build a cooking fire at the end of the day, and then Norzin, Cherry from Sikkim, and I cooked Tibetan rice or flour soups called thukpas for the group of German, Thai, Indian, Australian, and British friends.

   • 2014, Lee Geok Boi, Asian Noodles‎, page 163:

     Thukpa is a generic Tibetan word for any soup or stew combined with noodles. This particular thukpa uses fresh homemade egg noodles and can also be called Chinese thukpa.