Home › Words › L › ladduladdu/ˈlɐɖ.ɖuː/laddu · noun — A ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian subcontinent.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).laddu is pronounced /ˈlɐɖ.ɖuː/.EtymologyFrom Hindi लड्डू (laḍḍū).nounA ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian subcontinent.e.g.“His foster-mother Yashoda caught him stealing laddus.” — 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 107:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bobbatlu 69% match — A kind of sweet Indian flatbread. vs laddu →balushahi 68% match — A traditional dessert from the Indian subcontinent, somewhat resembling a glazed doughnut. vs laddu →pua 63% match — A type of fried sweet cake made of flour and sugar/jaggery popular in Northern India. vs laddu →khurma 63% match — An Indian dessert made of fried dough coated in sugar. vs laddu →dodol 63% match — A sweet, sticky toffee-like confection made from coconut milk, jaggery, and rice flour, found in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. vs laddu →boondi 63% match — An Indian snack made from fried chickpea flour, either as a savory snack or sweetened as a dessert. vs laddu →bafla 62% match — A kind of Indian baked doughball, often served with dal. vs laddu →malpua 62% match — A type of sweet syrupy pancake dessert popular in Northern India. vs laddu →