ladoo
/ˈlɑːduː/noun
उच्चारण लाडू
लड्डू
Core word
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an Indian sweet shaped like a ball, made from flour, sugar and ghee
लड्डू
- Besan ladoo is Radhika's favourite sweet.
- Families give ladoos to guests at weddings and festivals.
- Mother made ladoos for the festival.
+ 2 more examples
- The boy ate three ladoos in a row.
- A box of motichoor ladoo was passed around the office.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
ladoo (countable noun)
Ladoo is a variant spelling of laddoo; it is countable and its plural is ladoos.
Ladoo, laddoo की दूसरी वर्तनी है; यह countable है और इसका plural ladoos है।
- She gave me two ladoos.
- The ladoo was still warm.
ladoo + of / made of
Say a ladoo of gram flour or ladoos made of rava to name the ingredient.
सामग्री बताने के लिए a ladoo of gram flour या ladoos made of rava कहें।
- Grandmother made ladoos of sesame and jaggery.
ladoo as a prize / sign of good news
In India, ladoos are shared as a sign of celebration; the phrase hand out ladoos is used.
भारत में खुशी के संकेत के रूप में ladoos बाँटे जाते हैं; hand out ladoos वाक्यांश प्रयुक्त होता है।
- Rohan handed out ladoos when his result came.
ladoo (idiom)
In Hindi speech, a ladoo in each hand means getting a double benefit; in English, explain it in full.
हिंदी में 'दोनों हाथों में लड्डू' का अर्थ दोहरा लाभ पाना है; अंग्रेज़ी में इसे पूरी तरह समझाकर लिखें।
- He got two job offers, so it was ladoos in both hands.
+Collocations 5
type + ladoo
besanmotichoorboondicoconutdry fruitsesame
- Dry fruit ladoo is eaten in winter.
verb + ladoo
makeeatshareofferdistributeroll
- Everyone shared ladoos at the temple.
ladoo + noun
makerboxshopmixturestallrecipe
- The ladoo shop near the station is always crowded.
ladoo + preposition
in gheefor the festivalof gram flourat the wedding
- Ladoos for the festival were prepared in pure ghee.
ladoo + ingredient
gheesugarcardamomcashewraisins
- Add cardamom and raisins to the ladoo mixture.
“More examples 9
- Sweet shops sell fresh ladoos every morning.
मिठाई की दुकानें हर सुबह ताज़े ladoos बेचती हैं।
- Radhika packed some ladoos for her hostel friends.
राधिका ने अपनी छात्रावास की सहेलियों के लिए कुछ ladoos बाँध लिए।
- The ladoos were round and golden brown.
Ladoos गोल और सुनहरे भूरे रंग के थे।
- He offered ladoos to the deity before eating.
खाने से पहले उसने देवता को ladoos अर्पित किए।
- The Ganesh festival is incomplete without ladoos.
गणेश उत्सव ladoos के बिना अधूरा है।
- The shopkeeper weighed a kilo of ladoos and packed them in a box.
दुकानदार ने एक किलो ladoos तौलकर डिब्बे में पैक कर दिए।
- Radhika bit into the ladoo and found a whole cashew inside.
राधिका ने ladoo को काटा तो उसके भीतर पूरा काजू निकला।
- In the village, every visitor to the new house was given a ladoo.
गाँव में नए घर आने वाले हर आगंतुक को एक ladoo दिया गया।
- The ladoo seller keeps the sweets under a glass cover to protect them from flies.
ladoo बेचने वाला मिठाइयों को मक्खियों से बचाने के लिए काँच के ढक्कन के नीचे रखता है।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ I ate three ladoo yesterday.
✓ I ate three ladoos yesterday.
Three needs a plural countable noun.
Three के बाद plural countable noun आता है।