paan
paan — noun
1. a South Asian chewable preparation made by spreading lime paste on a fresh betel
a South Asian chewable preparation made by spreading lime paste on a fresh betel leaf, adding a mix of chopped areca nut, spices, tobacco, fruit, and sweet pastes, then folding the leaf into a tidy packet that people hold in their cheek and chew for a mild stimulating effect
At the spice market, Otis bought a fresh paan wrapped in a green betel leaf.
Meera watched her grandmother fold a fresh paan after spreading lime paste on the leaf.
collocation: spread lime paste on betel leaf; fold a paan
At the wedding reception, guests were offered silver-foil-covered paan as a traditional after-dinner refreshment.
Ryan folded coconut and cardamom into a betel leaf and handed the paan to a guest.
- betel quid
more formal or technical term, used in medical or anthropological writing; not common in everyday speech
- pan
simplified spelling variant occasionally seen in older texts, but less common today
文法句型
paan + is/was (uncountable)
a paan / one paan (countable)
用法筆記
Paan is a cultural term from South Asia; the closest equivalent in Taiwan is 檳榔 (binlang), though Taiwanese versions usually centre on the areca nut rather than including tobacco or elaborate spice mixes. In English, paan can be countable (one paan, two paans) for individual pieces or uncountable (some paan) for the substance or category.