英和和英

別の表記

• laddoo, ladoo, luddoo, ludoo

語源

From Hindi लड्डू (laḍḍū).

発音

• (Indic) IPA: /ləɖˈɖuː/, /ˈlʌɖːu/
• (Western) IPA: /ləˈduː/, /ˈlæd.(d)u/, /ˈlʌd.(d)u/

名詞

laddu (plural laddus)

1. A ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian subcontinent.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 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:

     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.