papad

English

Alternative forms

• pappad

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पापड़ (pāpaṛ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟 (pappaḍa), from Sanskrit पर्पट (parpaṭa). Doublet of papadam.

Noun

papad (plural papads)

1. A lentil variety of papadam.
   • 2009 March 6, Lucy Corne, “Grand trunks: Celebrating the elephants of Jaipur”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     As I attempted to hit a six with a half-full bottle of mineral water, a papad vendor approached us to laugh at our cricketing abilities.

Anagrams

• dappa

Spanish

Verb

papad

1. second-person plural imperative of papar