পাঁউরুটি

Bengali

Alternative forms

• পাউরুটি (pauruṭi)

Etymology

Compound of পাঁউ (pãu) +‎ রুটি (ruṭi). The former is borrowed from Portuguese pão, from Old Galician-Portuguese pan, from Latin pānem, accusative singular form of pānis. Cognate with Gujarati પાઉં (pāũ), Marathi पाव (pāv), Sinhalese පාන් (pān).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /pãuɾuʈi/, [ˈpãuɾuʈiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /pau̯ɹuti/, [ˈpau̯ɹutiˑ]

Noun

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

1. bread (European style)

   আমি ভাত ছাড়িয়াছি পাঁউরুটি খাই

   ami bhat chaṛiẏachi pãuruṭi khai

   I've left rice, I eat European bread.

   - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

   Synonym: লোফ (lōph)

References

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