Meaning of gutka | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A preparation of crushed areca nut, tobacco, catechu, paraffin, slaked lime and sweet or savoury flavourings, chewed recreationally in India.
   uncountable
2. A Hindi-speaking person.
   India, derogatory, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“‘It's the sight of melting flesh that is revolting,’ he says in Hindi. ‘That is why most Dom men drink alcohol or chew gutka.’”

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