roti
UK/ˈɹəʊti//ˈɹoʊti/
roti noun: a kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
Noun (1)
roti (usually uncountable, plural rotis)
- A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
- Nepalis eat sweet fried rice-flour doughnuts called sel roti.
- Along the sidewalks, hundreds of vendors hawked everything from commemorative T-shirts to rum to roti, the breadlike Caribbean pastry stuffed with pungently barbecued goat or chicken.2007 January 27, Dennis Hevesi, “Carlos Lezama, 83, Dies; Shaped West Indian Parade”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- chapati
Noun (2) capitalized: ROTI
ROTI (uncountable)
- Initialism of return on time invested.
roti meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
roti in Hindi
- unleavened flatbread
- रोटी roṭī
roti in Tamil
- unleavened flatbread
- ரொட்டி roṭṭi
roti in Marathi
- unleavened flatbread
- रोटी roṭī, पोळी poḷī, फुलका phulkā
roti in Urdu
- unleavened flatbread
- روٹی roṭī
More languagesFewer languages
- roti in Bengali
- রুটি ruṭi
- roti in Telugu
- రొట్టె roṭṭe, రొట్టి roṭṭi
- roti in Malayalam
- റൊട്ടി ṟoṭṭi
- roti in Kannada
- ರೊಟ್ಟಿ roṭṭi
- roti in Punjabi
- ਰੋਟੀ roṭī
- roti in Gujarati
- રોટલી roṭlī, રોટી roṭī
- roti in Odia
- ରୁଟି ruṭi
- roti in Sanskrit
- रोटी roṭī, रोटिका roṭikā
- roti in Sinhala
- රොටි roṭi
- roti in Assamese
- ৰুটি ruti
- roti in Nepali
- रोटी roṭī
- roti in Malay
- roti capati
- roti in Indonesian
- capati
- roti in Thai
- โรตี roo-dtii
- Sindhi
- ڦلڪو phulko
- Dhivehi
- ރޮށި roṣi
Synonyms of roti
Forms of roti
| plural | rotis |
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Origin of roti
From Hindi रोटी (roṭī)/Urdu روٹی (roṭī), from Sanskrit रोटिका (roṭikā, “bread”).
Words formed from roti
Phrases with roti
Questions about roti
- What does roti mean?
- Roti means a kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
- What is roti in Hindi?
- Roti in Hindi is रोटी (roṭī). See Roti meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is roti?
- Roti is a noun.
- How do you pronounce roti?
- Roti is pronounced /ˈɹoʊti/ (US).
- What is the plural of roti?
- The plural of roti is rotis.
Words near roti in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: roti (page history and authors); ROTI (page history and authors). 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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