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bobotie

US/bəˈboʊtiː/

bobotie noun: a dish of curried mince with an egg custard baked on top.

Noun

bobotie (countable and uncountable, plural boboties)

  1. (South Africa) A dish of curried mince with an egg custard baked on top.
    • ‘I knew you would be tired. I made you some bobotie.’1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 136

Forms of bobotie

pluralboboties

Origin of bobotie

Borrowed from Afrikaans bobotie, from Malay (Cape Malay) bobotie, from Betawi bebotoh, bebotok (“side dish”).

Questions about bobotie

What does bobotie mean?
Bobotie means a dish of curried mince with an egg custard baked on top.
What part of speech is bobotie?
Bobotie is a noun.
How do you pronounce bobotie?
Bobotie is pronounced /bəˈboʊtiː/ (US).
What is the plural of bobotie?
The plural of bobotie is boboties.

Words near bobotie in the dictionary

  1. bobos
  2. Boboshticë
  3. Bobota
  4. bobotee
  5. bobotees
  6. bobotie
  7. boboties
  8. bobowler
  9. bobowlers
  10. Bobrov
  11. Bobrovytsia

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