"bakwan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bakwans [plural]
Etymology: From Indonesian bakwan, from Hokkien 肉圓 /肉圆 (bah-oân, “meatball”) or 肉丸 (bah-oân, “meatball”). Doublet of ba-wan. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|id|bakwan}} Indonesian bakwan, {{der|en|nan-hbl|肉圓|t=meatball|tr=bah-oân}} Hokkien 肉圓 /肉圆 (bah-oân, “meatball”), {{doublet|en|ba-wan}} Doublet of ba-wan Head templates: {{en-noun}} bakwan (plural bakwans)
  1. A kind of fritter from vegetables and wheat flour.
    Sense id: en-bakwan-en-noun-Tk1Gg4re Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Foods

Inflected forms

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