modak

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मोदक (modak) or Marathi मोदक (modak).

Noun

modak (countable and uncountable, plural modaks)

1. An Indian sweet consisting of a flour-based outer skin filled with coconut and jaggery.
   • 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 181:

     She serves the prasad, small cone-shaped bright-yellow modaks that they eat whole after touching to their foreheads to absorb god's blessing.