Panner

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who pans.
  2. 2
    Misspelling of paneer (“Indian cheese”). alt-of, misspelling, uncountable

    "Uma, a South Indian upper caste woman said of her six year old son Vijay: “[Vijay] will eat Indian food only if it is from the packages, so Kannan ([Uma’s] husband) and I[, Uma,] go every weekend to the Indian store and we stock up on palak panner, malai kofta, chola puri and all that. All North Indian food [Vijay] likes."

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"Uma, a South Indian upper caste woman said of her six year old son Vijay: “[Vijay] will eat Indian food only if it is from the packages, so Kannan ([Uma’s] husband) and I[, Uma,] go every weekend to the Indian store and we stock up on palak panner, malai kofta, chola puri and all that. All North Indian food [Vijay] likes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pan + -er.

Etymology 2

Doubling the letter “n” when spelling paneer instead of doubling the letter “e”.

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