paan
Meanings
noun
- A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi पान (pān). Possible doublet of fern via Proto-Indo-European *pornóm.
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