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gulab jamun
(gulab jamun)
Pronunciation:
/gʊˌlɑːb ˈjɑːmʌn/
noun
an Indian sweet consisting of a ball of deep-fried paneer boiled in a sugar syrup:
brown, sticky gulab jamuns
[
mass noun
]
:
he ordered gulab jamun for everybody
Origin:
from Hindi
gulāb
'rose water' and
jāmun
'fruit'
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