tawa

American  

[tah-wuh] / ˈtɑ wə /

Also tava

noun

1. a large, round frying pan, usually flat or very slightly concave or convex, used in South Asian cooking.

   A small amount of batter is ladled onto a hot, greased tawa, spread into a thin circle, and fried for a very short time with oil or ghee until golden brown.

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tawa British  

/ ˈtɑːwə /

noun

1. a tall timber tree, Beilschmiedia tawa, of New Zealand, having edible purple berries

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Etymology

Origin of tawa

First recorded in 1840–50; from Hindi tavā “frying pan, griddle”

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Example Sentences

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tawa

The tawa is a surefire way of preventing the skinless chicken from sticking to the pot, or burning during the hourlong steaming process.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021

I love plucking them from the tawa, the cast-iron pan my mom reserves for this specialty, with a little pat of butter.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

The imported spruce, oak, willow, and ash of the more settled region gave place to feathery green punga tree-ferns, and stiff brown tawa of indigenous growth.

From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan

To begin with, they had to make the slender bird spears, thirty feet long, out of the light wood of the tawa tree.

From The Long White Cloud by William Pember Reeves

I E sawa genitive of sa, ta reflexive possessive for all persons; Dak tawa the same, also ta.

From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by A. W. (Andrew Woods) Williamson

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