জিলাপি

Bengali

Etymology

Perhaps from Arabic جُلَاب (julāb), which would make it a doublet of গোলাপ (gōlap).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d͡ʒilapi/, [ˈd͡ʒilapiˑ]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʑilapi/, [ˈdʑilapiˑ]

Noun

জিলাপি • (jilapi)

  1. A sweet popular in Bangladesh, made by deep-frying a maida flour batter and soaking it in sugar syrup.

Derived terms