পাঁউরুটি

পাঁউরুটি

Bengali

Alternative forms

• পাউরুটি (pauruṭi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pão + Bengali রুটি (ruṭi). The former is from Old Portuguese pan, from Latin pānem, accusative singular form of pānis, possibly from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, graze”). Cognate with Catalan pa, French pain, Galician pan, Italian pane, Romanian pâine, Spanish pan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pãu.ɾu.ʈi/

Noun

পাঁউরুটি • (pãuruṭi) (objective পাঁউরুটি or পাঁউরুটিকে, genitive পাঁউরুটির, locative পাঁউরুটিতে)

1. bread (European style)

   আমি ভাত ছাড়িয়াছিপাঁউরুটি খাই

   ami bhat chaṛiyachi pãuruṭi khai

   I've left rice, I eat European bread.

   - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

   Synonym: লোফ (lophô)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “পাঁউরুটি, পাউরুটি” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “পাঁউরুটি, পাউরুটি” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh