atta
atta contraction: that's the; that's a.
Contraction
atta
Noun
atta (countable and uncountable, plural attas)
- A type of wholegrain flour from the Indian subcontinent.
- Kabutri, in the meanwhile, had kneaded some atta and rolled out a few real rotis.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 7
- The little bits of atta on her hands turned the water a milky white and that was all she could offer to her children’s hunger.2020, Shruti Swamy, A House Is a Body: Stories, Algonquin Books
Proper noun capitalized: Atta
Atta (countable and uncountable, plural Attas)
- A surname.
- An Austronesian dialect cluster spoken in the Philippines.
atta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
atta in Hindi
- अट्टा
atta in Tamil
- அத்தா
atta in Marathi
- अट्टा
atta in Telugu
- అట్టా
More languagesFewer languages
- atta in Kannada
- ಅಟ್ಟಾ
- atta in Punjabi
- ਅੱਟਾ, ਅੱਤਾ
- atta in Gujarati
- અટ્ટા
- atta in Odia
- ଅଟ୍ଟା, ଆଟା
- atta in Nepali
- अट्टा
Forms of atta
| Contraction | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | thatta |
| Noun | |
| plural | attas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Attas |
Origin of atta
Probably from that's a with heavy simplification.
From Hindi आटा (āṭā, “flour, farina, dough”).
Words formed from atta
Questions about atta
- What does atta mean?
- Atta means that's the; that's a.
- What is atta in Hindi?
- Atta in Hindi is अट्टा. See Atta meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is atta?
- Atta can be a contraction, a noun or a proper noun.
Words near atta in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: atta (page history and authors); Atta (page history and authors); atta (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atta (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atta (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atta (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atta (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atta (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atta (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atta (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atta (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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