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manti

/ˈmæntaɪ/

manti noun: a type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine.

Noun

manti (plural manti or manties)

  1. A type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine.
    • And they kept one of the national dishes, manti (pasta stuffed with ground beef served in garlic-yogurt sauce, $11.50), as well as lahmacun, sort of a Turkish pizza ($3), and arnavut cigeri (fried calf's liver and potatoes, $5.75), a hot appetizer.1998 November 13, Ted Shen, “Restaurant Tours: Metin Kurtulus serves Turkey”, in Chicago Reader
    • Crowding the table were miniature, hand-formed lamb dumplings called manti; flaky pastries, called boreks, filled with wild greens; and an elaborate paste of chicken, wheat and pistachios called keskek.2007 December 5, Melissa Clark, “When It Looks at You, It’s Done”, in New York Times

Proper noun capitalized: Manti

Manti

  1. One of the four Nephite spies in the Book of Mormon.
  2. A city, the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah.

manti meaning in Pashto, Arabic and Indonesian

manti in Pashto

type of dumpling
منتو mantu

manti in Arabic

type of dumpling
مَنْتُو mantū

manti in Indonesian

type of dumpling
manti

Forms of manti

pluralmanti
pluralmanties

Origin of manti

The immediate source is Turkish mantı or Ottoman Turkish مانطی (mantı). Before that, the origin is obscure. The word was widespread in Central Asia by the 13th century. Possibly from Middle Chinese 饅頭 (man duw), which would make it a doublet of mandu, manju, and mantou.

Words that rhyme with manti

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Questions about manti

What does manti mean?
Manti means a type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine.
What is manti in Pashto?
Manti in Pashto is منتو (mantu). See Manti meaning in Pashto.
What part of speech is manti?
Manti can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce manti?
Manti is pronounced /ˈmæntaɪ/.
What is the plural of manti?
The plural of manti is manti.

Words near manti in the dictionary

  1. Manthey
  2. Mantheys
  3. manthing
  4. manthings
  5. Manthorpe
  6. manti
  7. Mantia
  8. Mantias
  9. mantic
  10. Manticao
  11. manticism

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