লাউ

What does লাউ mean?

লাউ (lau) is a Bangla noun that means bottle gourd, gourd in English.

This noun refers specifically to bottle gourd, an extremely popular vegetable in Bangladeshi home cooking. It is mild-tasting and frequently cooked with shrimp or lentils in light curries. Foreign learners sometimes confuse it with other types of squash, but in Bangladesh it always denotes this pale green, elongated gourd.

How do you say “bottle gourd” in Bangla?

Say লাউ, pronounced lau. Press play to hear a native Bangladeshi voice say it.