‘I am an Indian, it is an Indian habit to take pan. The Civil Surgeon must put up with it.’
Source: wiktionary
Paan
//pɑːn//
Synonyms for "paan"
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41 translations across 29 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- paan noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Assamese
1 entries- পাণ noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Bengali
1 entries- পান noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Burmese
1 entries- ကွမ်းယာ noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Chinese
1 entries- 檳榔 /槟榔 noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 檳榔 /槟榔 noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Czech
3 entries- betel noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- betelové sousto noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- paan noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Finnish
1 entries- paan noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
German
2 entries- Betelbissen noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- Betelpriem noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Hindi
2 entries- पान noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- बीड़ा noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Indonesian
2 entries- menginang noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- menyiri noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Japanese
2 entries- ビンロウ noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- 檳榔 noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Kannada
1 entries- ತಾಂಬೂಲ noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Khmer
2 entries- ស្លាជីប noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- ស្លាថ្មាត់ noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Lao
1 entries- ໝາກ noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Malay
2 entries- bersirih noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- menginang noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Malayalam
1 entries- മുറുക്കാൻ noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Marathi
1 entries- विडा noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Nepali
1 entries- पान noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Odia
1 entries- ଖିଲିପାନ noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Persian
2 entries- تانبول noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- پان noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Portuguese
1 entries- paan noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪਾਨ noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠙꠣꠘ noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Tagalog
3 entries- hitso noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- mam-in noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- nganga noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Tamil
2 entries- தாம்பூலம் noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
- வெற்றிலை பாக்கு noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Telugu
1 entries- తాంబూలము noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Thai
1 entries- หมาก noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trầu noun (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A paan consists of chopped or shredded nut (always referred to as betel nut, though in fact it comes from the areca palm), wrapped in a leaf (which does come from the betel tree).[…]The triangular package thus formed is wedged inside your cheek and chewed slowly, and in the case of chuna and zarda paans, spitting out the juice as you go.
Source: wiktionary
Perched outside Madhavbagh Temple, decorated with antique mirrors, this 100-year-old shop serves up juicy paans, plump with mawa.
Source: wiktionary
Preparing a paan is simple. The leaf is first cleaned with water and dried. It is then covered with a thin layer of lime paste. In north India, paan sellers then spread red-coloured syrup (extracted from a native plant) over the lime paste.
Source: wiktionary
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