English Explanatory Dictionary

gutka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A preparation of crushed areca nut, tobacco, catechu, paraffin, slaked lime and sweet or savoury flavourings, chewed recreationally in India.
  2. A Hindi-speaking person.

Word forms

gutka gutkha

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Dravidian *koṭṭayder.? Sanskrit गृ (gṛ)der.? Prakrit *𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*gŏṭṭa)? Sanskrit गुटिका (guṭikā)bor.? Hindi गुटका (guṭkā)bor. English gutka Borrowed from Hindi गुटका (guṭkā).

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