panipuri

English

Alternative forms

• paanipuri, panipuree, pani puri

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पानी पूरी (pānī pūrī, literally “water bread”), from पानी (pānī, “water”) + पूरी (pūrī, “puri, poori”, a type of Indian bread).

panipuri with sauces

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːnɪˌpuːɹɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑniˈpʊɹi/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹi, -uːɹi

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

   • 2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “Diwali this year will be even busier than last year,” said Saakhi Grover, an assistant manager and a daughter-in-law of Mr. Gaba. Cooks will work long hours preparing sweets and snacks like pani puri.

Translations

Indian puff-pastry balls filled with a watery and spicy mixture

• Assamese: ফুচকা (phusoka)
• Bengali: ফুচকা (bn) (phucoka)
• Bhojpuri: 𑂤𑂳𑂒𑂍𑂰 (phuckā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香料水醬酥炸球／香料水酱酥炸球 (xiāngliào shuǐjiàng sūzháqiú)

• Gujarati: પાણીપૂરી f (pāṇīpūrī), પકોડીપૂરી f (pakoḍīpūrī), બતાશા f (batāśā), (Northern India) ગોલ ગપ્પા f (gol gappā), (Bengal) પુચકા f (puckā)
• Hindi: पानी पूरी f (pānī pūrī), (Northern India) गोलगप्पे (hi) f (golgappe), (Uttar Pradesh) फुलकी f (phulkī), (Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh) गुपचुप (hi) m (gupcup), (Bengal) फुचका f (phuckā)
• Japanese: パーニープーリー (pānīpūrī)
• Kannada: ಪಾನಿ ಪೂರಿ (pāni pūri)
• Korean: 파니푸리 (panipuri)
• Magahi:

  Northern: 𑂤𑂷𑂒𑂍𑂰 (phockā)

  Southern: 𑂏𑂳𑂣𑂒𑂳𑂣 (gupcup)

• Malayalam: പാനി പൂരി (pāni pūri)
• Marathi: पाणीपुरी f (pāṇīpurī)
• Odia: ଗୁପଚୁପ (gupôcupô)
• Punjabi: ਗੋਲ਼ ਗੱਪਾ m (goḷ gappā), ਪਾਣੀਪੂਰੀ f (pāṇīpūrī)
• Russian: па́ни пу́ри n (páni púri)
• Tamil: பானிபூரி (pāṉipūri)
• Telugu: పానీ పూరి (te) (pānī pūri)
• Thai: ปานีปูรี (th) (bpaa-nii-bpuu-rii)
• Urdu: گول گپے f (gol gapē), پانی پوری f (pānī pūrī)