ladduとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Hindi लड्डू (laḍḍū).

名詞

laddu (複数形 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^[1]:

     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.