dosa

dosa

See also: dōsa and dösä

English

Etymology 1

From Kannada ದೋಸೆ (dōse).

Dosa-chutney-sambhar

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊsə/

• Audio (southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊsə/

Noun

dosa (plural dosas)

1. A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.
   • 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic 2009, p. 141:

     I carried the Mongoose's bags to the right carriage of the train, then went to a stall and bought a dosa, wrapped in paper, for him.

   • 2012, Meg Cotner, Food Lovers' Guide to Queens, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 173:

     These condiments are provided as something for you to dip your dosa into. The dosa wrap itself has a slight tang to it, as it is a fermented bread made from rice and lentils, and is light and delicious.

   • 2013 June 14, Mary Jo Murphy, “Dosas, Big and Bigger”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     The dosas all came with coconut chutney and sambar, a lentil broth — good dipping condiments.

Translations

type of pancake

Burmese: တိုရှေ (my) (tuihre) Gujarati ઢોસા (gu) (ḍhosā) Hindi: डोसा (hi) m (ḍosā), दोसा (hi) m (dosā) Kannada: ದೋಸೆ (kn) (dōse) Malay: tose Malayalam: ദോശ (ml) (dōśa) Polish: dosa (pl) f Sanskrit: दोसक (dosaka) Tamil: தோசை (ta) (tōcai) Telugu: దోస (te) (dōsa)

Noun

dosa (plural dosas)

1. Alternative spelling of dosha

Anagrams

• AOSD, DAOs, Soda, ados, daos, odas, soda

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French

Verb

dosa

1. third-person singular past historic of doser

Anagrams

• ados, sado, soda

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Iban

Etymology

From Malay dosa, from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dosa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation: do‧sa

Noun

dosa

1. sin

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dosa, from Classical Malay dosa, from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dosa/
• Hyphenation: do‧sa

Noun

dosa (first-person possessive dosaku, second-person possessive dosamu, third-person possessive dosanya)

1. sin

Derived terms

• berdosa
• pendosa

 

Further reading

• “dosa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.za/
• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Hyphenation: dò‧sa

Verb

dosa

1. inflection of dosare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• soda

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Javanese

Noun

dosa

1. sin

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

Noun

dosa (Jawi spelling دوسا‎, plural dosa-dosa, informal 1st possessive dosaku, 2nd possessive dosamu, 3rd possessive dosanya)

1. sin

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pendosa [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• berdosa [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: dosa
• → Iban: dosa
• → Maranao: dosa

Further reading

• “dosa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Maranao

Etymology

From Malay dosa, from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

Noun

dosa

1. sin

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Northern Sami

Determiner

dōsa

1. illative singular of dōt

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀤𑁄𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• दोस (Devanagari script)
• দোস (Bengali script)
• දොස (Sinhalese script)
• ဒေါသ or ၻေႃသ (Burmese script)
• โทส or โทสะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩮᩣᩈ or ᨴᩮᩤᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂທສ or ໂທສະ (Lao script)
• ទោស (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄮𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

Noun

dosa m

1. depravity
2. fault, defect, flaw, sin

Declension

Declension table of "dosa" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	doso	dosā
Accusative (second)	dosaṃ	dose
Instrumental (third)	dosena	dosehi or dosebhi
Dative (fourth)	dosassa or dosāya or dosatthaṃ	dosānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dosasmā or dosamhā or dosā	dosehi or dosebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dosassa	dosānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dosasmiṃ or dosamhi or dose	dosesu
Vocative (calling)	dosa	dosā

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit द्वेष (dveṣa).

Noun

dosa m

1. anger
2. hatred

Declension

Declension table of "dosa" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	doso	dosā
Accusative (second)	dosaṃ	dose
Instrumental (third)	dosena	dosehi or dosebhi
Dative (fourth)	dosassa or dosāya or dosatthaṃ	dosānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dosasmā or dosamhā or dosā	dosehi or dosebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dosassa	dosānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dosasmiṃ or dosamhi or dose	dosesu
Vocative (calling)	dosa	dosā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “dosa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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Portuguese

Verb

dosa

1. inflection of dosar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Swedish

Noun

dosa c

1. a small box with a lid
2. a small, roughly square or rectangular piece of (technical) equipment
   1. a remote control

      Räck mig dosan

      Hand me the remote

      Synonym: fjärrkontroll

   2. a game controller (from some early game controllers being angular, extended to later controllers)

      Synonyms: spelkontroll, kontroll

Declension

Declension of dosa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dosa	dosan	dosor	dosorna
Genitive	dosas	dosans	dosors	dosornas

Derived terms

• snusdosa
• speldosa

See also

• dos

References

• dosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dosa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• osad, soda