ledikeni

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fried sweetmeat of West Bengal, made from chhena and flour and filled with sugar syrup.

Word forms

ledikeni

Etymology

Bengali লেডিকেনি (leḍikeni), named after Lady Canning, the wife of Charles Canning, Governor-General of India from 1856-62.

Synonyms

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