noun
roti
ROH-tee
noun
1
A round, unleavened flatbread cooked on a griddle, common across South Asia and the Caribbean.
"We scooped up the curry with warm roti."
"In Trinidad, roti is often wrapped around a filling like a wrap."
How to Use Roti
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA simple flatbread, similar to a chapati, eaten with curries or wrapped around fillings.
Easily confused with
naan
chapati
Word Forms
rotis plural
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Etymology
From Hindi/Urdu roti, ultimately from Sanskrit rotika, "bread."