English
ledikeni
Ledikeni comes from Bengali লেডিকেনি.
- Bengalimodernলেডিকেনিleḍikeni
- Englishtodayledikeni
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Bengalimodernলেডিকেনিleḍikeni
- Englishtodayledikeni
The story
Bengali লেডিকেনি (leḍikeni), named after Lady Canning, the wife of Charles Canning, Governor-General of India from 1856-62.
Every English word from Bengali লেডিকেনি
Today it means
noun A fried sweetmeat of West Bengal, made from chhena and flour and filled with sugar syrup.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Bengali লেডিকেনি / ledikeni