English

Noun

zarda ‎(uncountable)

1. The flavoured tobacco used in paan.
   • 2015, Priyamvada Sharma, Pratima Murthy, Parul Shivhare, “Nicotine quantity and packaging disclosure in smoked and smokeless tobacco products in India”, in Indian Journal of Pharmacology, volume 47, DOI:10.4103/0253-7613.161273:

     Hookah samples collected from urban “hookah bars” from Bengaluru were found to contain nicotine content of 0.8 mg/g, while, in zarda, average nicotine was 20.35 mg/g.

2. A sweet South Asian dish of boiled rice with milk, sugar and spices.

Related terms

• zerde