zarda
/ˈzɑɹdə/noun
zarda is a noun meaning “The flavoured tobacco used in paan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Z-A-R-D-A, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does zarda mean?
noun
- 1
The flavoured tobacco used in paan.
- 2
A sweet South Asian dish of boiled rice with milk, sugar and spices.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce zarda?
- US /ˈzɑɹdə/
- UK /ˈzɑːdə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is zarda?
Zarda appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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).
Where does zarda come from?
Hindi ज़र्दा (zardā); Urdu زردہ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).