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单词 roti
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Brit. /ˈrəʊti/, U.S. /ˈroʊdi/
Forms: 1800s– roti, 1900s– rotti.
Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi roṭī.
Etymology: < Hindi roṭī bread (cognate with Bengali ruṭi rooty n.), probably < an unattested derivative of Prakrit roṭṭa rice flour (compare Prakrit ruṭṭiā bread), of unknown origin.
A type of unleavened bread originally from South Asia; (also) such bread folded over a curried filling. Occasionally attributive.A common item of food in other parts of the world settled by South Asians.
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1834 tr. V. Jacquemont Lett. from India I. 319 Some cakes of coarsely ground corn. These cakes are what the natives call their bread (roti).]
1838 R. M. Martin Hist. E. India I. i. vi. 278 By far the greatest part however of the wheat is used either in unfermented cakes (Roti)..or it is used in various sweetmeats.
1875 Literary Suppl. Ceylon Examiner 4 May in Orientalist 3 (1887) 184 The roti was no doubt the form of bread after the art of grinding the flour was discovered, and before the art of leavening the meal came into practice.
1920 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 May 407/1 They had had their roti (bread), and, the stomach being full, having to wait was a small matter.
1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun vi. 109 Over there, nastiness and poverty, a tin cup of weak tea and a johnny cake or a roti.
1971 Advocate-News (Barbados) 17 Sept. 6/4 Among the specialties to be presented to Barbadians by the Roti Shop are chicken, beef and shrimp roti, dholl puri and potato roti.
1997 Aramco World Jan.–Feb. 11/3 We shared boiled eggs, spiced lamb patties, roti flatbread, onions and tomatoes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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