dhal

n. (also dal)
1 a kind of split pulse, a common foodstuff in India.
2 a dish made with this.
Etymology: Hindi

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noun

tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics

• Syn:

↑pigeon pea, ↑pigeon-pea plant, ↑cajan pea, ↑catjang pea, ↑red gram, ↑dahl, ↑Cajanus cajan

• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cajanus, ↑genus Cajanus

• Part Meronyms: ↑cajan pea, ↑pigeon pea, ↑dahl

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\\ˈdäl\ noun (-s)

Etymology: Hindi dāl

India & East Indies : pigeon pea

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/dahl/, n. East Indian Cookery.

dal.

/dhahl/, n.

the ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet.

[ < Ar]

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dhal UK [dɑːl] US [dɑl] noun [countable/uncountable] [singular dhal plural dhals]

an Indian food made from cooked lentils

Thesaurus: indian food_hyponym

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dhal «dahl», noun.

= dal. (Cf. ↑dal)

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[däl]

(also dal or dahl) n. lentils, a common foodstuff in India

■ a dish made with these

Origin:

from Hindi dāl

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dhal 7 [dhal dhals] (also dal) [dɑːl] [dɑːl] noun uncountable

a S Asian dish made from ↑lentils or other ↑pulses (= seeds from certain plants)

See also: ↑dal  

Word Origin:

from Hindi dāl.