injera

injera

English

A typical Ethiopian meal of several kinds of stew atop spongy injera.

Alternative forms

• enjera

Etymology

From Tigrinya እንጀራ (ʾ‌ənğära).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʒɛɚɹə/, /ɪnˈdʒiɹə/, /ɛnˈdʒɛɚɹə/, /ənˈdʒɛɚɹə/

Noun

injera (countable and uncountable, plural injeras)

1. A pancake-like bread made from fermented teff flour, a traditional food of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and the Nuer people of Sudan.

Translations

bread made from teff

Amharic: እንጀራ (ʾ‌ənğära) Arabic: إِينْجِيرَا‎ f (ʾinjerā), إِينْجِيرَا‎ f (ʾinjīrā) French: injera (fr) f German: Injera n Japanese: インジェラ (injera)

Oromo: budenaa Russian: ындже́ра f (yndžéra) Somali: canjeelo Tigrinya: እንጀራ (ʾ‌ənğära)