dahl
noun/dɑl/
Frequency rank: #11,578 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a thick South Asian dish made from cooked lentils or other pulses, often seasoned with spices.
Example sentence
She prepared warm dahl with lentils and spices for dinner.
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