poppadom

English

A stack of poppadoms.

Alternative forms

• papadam
• papadum
• pappadam
• pappadum
• poppadum
• (uncommon) papadom
• (uncommon) pappadom
• (uncommon) popadom
• (uncommon) popadum
• (uncommon) poppadam
• (rare) papodum
• (rare) popodam
• (rare) poppodom
• (rare) puppadum
• (rare) puppodum
• (very rare) popadam
• (very rare) popodom
• (very rare) popodum
• (very rare) poppodum
• (very rare) puppadom
• (nonstandard) pompadom

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil பப்படம் (pappaṭam), from Sanskrit पर्पट (parpaṭa). Although the word began to be attested in English in the 1860s, shortly after the establishment of the British Raj, it only came into consistent use around 1940, after which all of the forms indicated above as common have remained in use. Doublet of papad.

Noun

poppadom (plural poppadoms)

1. A thin, crisp Indian food made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its own as a snack, with chutneys as a starter, or as an accompaniment to a meal.

   Synonym: (India) appalam

   • 2002, Desmond Barry, A Bloody Good Friday, page 157:

     Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.

Related terms

• papad

Translations

food

• Assamese: পাপড় (papor), পাপড়ম (paporom)
• Bengali: পাঁপড় (bn) (pãpoṛ)
• Gujarati: પાપડ m (pāpaḍ)
• Hindi: पापड़ (hi) m (pāpaṛ)
• Kannada: ಪಪ್ಪಳ (kn) (pappaḷa)
• Malayalam: പപ്പടം (ml) (pappaṭaṁ)
• Marathi: पापड m (pāpaḍ)
• Nepali: पापड (pāpaḍ)
• Odia: ପାପଡ଼ (or) (pāpaṛa)
• Punjabi: ਪਾਪੜ m (pāpaṛ)
• Sindhi: پاپَڙُ m (pāpaṛu)
• Sinhalese: පපඩම් (papaḍam)
• Tamil: பப்படம் (ta) (pappaṭam)
• Telugu: అప్పడము (te) (appaḍamu)
• Urdu: پاپَڑ m (pāpaṛ)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition