different between tamarind vs panipuri

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic ????? ????????? (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæm???nd/

Noun

tamarind (countable and uncountable, plural tamarinds)

1. (botany) A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
2. (cooking) The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.
3. Other similar species:
   1. Diploglottis australis, native tamarind, a rainforest tree of Eastern Australia.
   2. Garcinia gummi-gutta, Malabar tamarind, native to Indonesia.
   3. A velvet tamarind (Dialium spp.).
4. (color) A dark brown colour, like that of tamarind pulp (also called tamarind brown).

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Further reading

• tamarind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tamarindus indica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tamarindus indica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• paanipuri, panipuree, pani puri

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? ???? (p?n? p?r?, literally “water bread”), from ???? (p?n?, “water”) + ???? (p?r?, “puri, poori”, a type of Indian bread).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??n??pu???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?ni?p??i/
• Rhymes: -???i, -u??i

Noun

panipuri (plural panipuris)

1. A form of fried puff-pastry balls filled with a watery mixture of tamarind, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion and chickpeas, from India and Pakistan.

   Synonyms: (particularly in North India) golgappa, (Bengal) phuchka, water ball

   Hypernym: puri

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