dhokla
noun
dhokla is spelled D-H-O-K-L-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dhokla means “A food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to khaman, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming, and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dhokla is dhoklas.
How many letters and syllables are in dhokla?
| Letters | 6: D-H-O-K-L-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dhokla?
Dhokla appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of dhokla
- dhoklas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dhokla mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to khaman, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming, and typically eaten in India.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dhokla come from?
From Gujarati ઢોકળું (ḍhokaḷũ).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).