/ ˈtɒdi; NAmE ˈtɑːdi/ noun
[ C , U ] ( pl. -ies ) a drink made with strong alcohol, sugar, hot water and sometimes spices
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (originally referring to the naturally alcoholic sap of some kinds of palm, drunk in tropical countries): from Marathi (a language spoken in the western Indian state of Maharashtra) tāḍī , Hindi tāṛī , from Sanskrit tāḏī palmyra (a type of palm tree).