As a Hindi name
पूपला · noun · feminine
प्राचीन काल का एक प्रकार का मीठा पकवान — Śabdasāgara
पूपला · pūpalā · s.m.
(f. -ī), A kind of sweet cake of wheaten flour fried with ghī or oil ( = pūʼā, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 276
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pūpa˚likā, or pūpa˚lī, a kind of sweet cake fried with ghee or oil
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Dictionary citations
pūpalā (L.), pūpa˚likā, (Car.), or pūpa˚lī (L.), f. a kind of sweet cake fried with ghee or oil, L.
pūpalā(lī), pūpālikā, pūpālī, pūlikā, pūpikā A sort of sweet cake.
pūpalā f. (-lā) A sort of sweet cake, fried with Ghee or oil. E. pūpa cake, lā to get or be, aff. ka.
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