Definition of "tawa"

tawa¹

noun
plural tawas
1. (South Asia) A frying pan or griddle.
  Quotations
  Deeti gave her daughter the job of sweeping the poppy petals into a heap while she busied herself in stoking the fire and heating a heavy iron tawa.
  2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 6

tawa²

noun
plural tawas
1. Beilschmiedia tawa, a New Zealand broadleaf tree.