cookies

Hindi translation: For USA and Canada = ChhotA Cake छोटा केक //////// For British English = Biskut बि

21:38 Dec 13, 2004
English to Hindi translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Food & Drink
English term or phrase: cookies
the dessert
Hindi translation:For USA and Canada = ChhotA Cake छोटा केक //////// For British English = Biskut बि
Explanation:
In the United States of America and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat baked cake (British English biscuit). Its name comes from the Dutch word koekje which means "little cake".

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Rajan Chopra
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5 +1biskut
Harinder Dhillon
4 +1For USA and Canada = ChhotA Cake छोटा केक //////// For British English = Biskut बि
Rajan Chopra


  

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biskut


Explanation:
cookies is called biskut.

Harinder Dhillon
Local time: 20:45
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in PunjabiPunjabi
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Anil Goyal: This is correct.
6 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
For USA and Canada = ChhotA Cake छोटा केक //////// For British English = Biskut बि


Explanation:
In the United States of America and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat baked cake (British English biscuit). Its name comes from the Dutch word koekje which means "little cake".

You may choose one of the above alternatives as per your requirements.

Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 07:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 22

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  keshab
1 hr
  -> Thanks!

neutral  Anil Kelkar: Doubtless you must be right about the origin of the word, but nowadays, on the supermarkets in America, you don't find any "biscuits", they're all cookies. I think cookie has now come to mean the English biscuit.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks for providing the practical and latest info in this respect!
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