laddu

English

Alternative forms

• laddoo, ladoo, luddoo, ludoo

Etymology

From Hindi लड्डू (laḍḍū).

Pronunciation

• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ləɖɖu/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌduː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlædu/

Noun

laddu (plural laddus)

1. A ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian subcontinent.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 107:

     His foster-mother Yashoda caught him stealing laddus.

   • 2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Employees furiously pack ornate boxes containing laddoos enriched with ghee, spongy rasgula and all manner of colorful sweets, often made with dairy, sugar and nuts and sometimes topped with a layer of edible silver foil.

Translations

Translations

• Assamese: লাড্ডু (laddu)
• Bengali: লাড্ডু (laḍḍu)
• Gujarati: લાડવો m (lāḍvo), લાડુ (lāḍu)
• Hindi: लड्डू (hi) m (laḍḍū)
• Kannada: ಲಾಡು (kn) (lāḍu), ಲಡ್ಡು (kn) (laḍḍu)
• Marathi: लाडू m (lāḍū)
• Nepali: लड्डु (laḍḍu)
• Punjabi: ਲੱਡੂ m (laḍḍū)
• Tamil: லட்டு (ta) (laṭṭu)