belna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बेलना (belnā), Punjabi [Term?], and Guyanese Creole English belna. First attested in 1868.

Noun

belna (plural belnas)

1. (India) A press or mill, particularly one used for grinding sugar cane.
2. (India, Caribbean) A rolling pin, typically used for flattening dough for roti.
   • 2020 August 6, Sarika Prasad, “What Do You Know About Belna and Chowki? (Traditional Cooking Tools From India)”, in Things Guyana‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-09-21:

     Belnas are multipurpose tools which can crack open nuts and some Guyanese even use it to break ice into smaller pieces.

Guyanese Creole English

Belna

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बेलना (belnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl.nɑ/

Noun

belna

1. rolling pin
   • 2020 April 6, @neenamaiya, Twitter‎^[2], archived from the original on 21 September 2024:

     Too lazy to belay de sada roti with de belna, I flatten it with me hand and cook it pon de tawa, and a li'l fire too.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• baylay (“to roll out dough”)

 

References

• Samad, Daizal R., Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023) A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 16

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बेलना (belnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /belna/

Noun

belna

1. rolling pin

Related terms

• belna chawki