paan
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paan
- /pɑːn/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi पान (pān).
Possible doublet of fern via Proto-Indo-European *pornóm.
noun paans · pan · pawn
- A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf. ‘I am an Indian, it is an Indian habit to take pan. The Civil Surgeon must put up with it.’
