Bite on This: 'Keema', 'Papad' are now English Words
Reflecting the global popularity of Indian food, a number of Indian words like 'keema' (finely chopped meat) and 'papad' (thin wafer) have been accepted in the Oxford English dictionary for the first time.
Surprisingly, over 60 percent of the new Indian English words come from Hindi.
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