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Roti

2 stages from Sanskrit/Hindi to English.

Today it means an unleavened flatbread, a staple of South Asian cuisine
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Stage 1 of 2
roti
Sanskrit/Hindi · ancient
"bread"
bread, the general word for South Asian flatbread
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Stage 2 of 2
roti
English · 1800s
"an unleavened South Asian flatbread"
adopted directly for the unleavened South Asian flatbread
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