laddu

laddu

English

Alternative forms

• laddoo, ladoo, luddoo, ludoo

Etymology

From Hindi लड्डू (laḍḍū).

Noun

laddu (plural laddus)

1. A ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian subcontinent.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 107:

     His foster-mother Yashoda caught him stealing laddus.

   • 2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times‎:

     Employees furiously pack ornate boxes containing laddoos enriched with ghee, spongy rasgula and all manner of colorful sweets, often made with dairy, sugar and nuts and sometimes topped with a layer of edible silver foil.

Translations

Translations

Gujarati: લાડવો m (lāḍvo), લાડુ (lāḍu) Hindi: लड्डू (hi) m (laḍḍū) Marathi: लाडू m (lāḍū) Punjabi: ਲੱਡੂ m (laḍḍū) Tamil: லட்டு (ta) m (laṭṭu)