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gutka

noun gutkha

  1. uncountable A preparation of crushed areca nut, tobacco, catechu, paraffin, slaked lime and sweet or savoury flavourings, chewed recreationally in India. ‘It's the sight of melting flesh that is revolting,’ he says in Hindi. ‘That is why most Dom men drink alcohol or chew gutka.’
  2. India, derogatory, uncountable A Hindi-speaking person.

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noun preparation of areca nut and tobacco

हिन्दीगुटका guṭkā

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@misc{gutka_2026,
  title = {gutka},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gutka},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}