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Borrowed from Hindi मोदक (modak) or Marathi मोदक (modak).
modak (countable and uncountable, plural modaks)
- An Indian sweet consisting of a flour-based outer skin filled with coconut and jaggery.
2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 181:She serves the prasad, small cone-shaped bright-yellow modaks that they eat whole after touching to their foreheads to absorb god's blessing.
