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pulses used throughout South Asia in cooking
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dal

Summary

dal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,446 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dal is a type of food ingredient[2].
  • dal is a type of dish[3].
  • dal is a type of bean[4].
  • dal's Commons category is recorded as Dal[5].
  • dal's facet of is recorded as Indian cuisine[6].
  • dal's facet of is recorded as Pakistani cuisine[7].
  • dal's facet of is recorded as vegan cuisine[8].
  • dal's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'hi', 'text': 'दाल'}[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include food ingredient[2], dish[3], and bean[4].

Why It Matters

dal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,446 views/month).[1] dal has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] dal is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Facet of → Indian cuisine, Pakistani cuisine, vegan cuisine
    Subclass of → food ingredient, dish, bean
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||it, uk, tcy */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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