அப்பம்

Tamil

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *appam.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /apːam/

Noun

அப்பம் • (appam)

1. bread, bun, chapatti
2. round cake of rice flour and sugar fried in ghee
3. thin cake, wafer, bread

Synonyms

• ரொட்டி (roṭṭi)

Descendants

• → English: appam
• → English: appom
• → Indonesian: apam
• → Indonesian: apang
• → Indonesian: apem
• → Malayalam: അപ്പം (appaṁ)
• → Malay: apam
• → Burmese: အာပုံ (apum)
• → Punjabi: ਅੱਪਮ (appam)

References

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “அப்பம்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press