Etymology

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Today it means: A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean. Full definition →

Hindi रोटी ← Urdu روٹی ← Sanskrit रोटिका
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromरोटिका“bread”
  2. Urdu · borrowed fromروٹی
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromरोटी
  4. English todayroti

From Hindi रोटी (roṭī)/Urdu روٹی (roṭī), from Sanskrit रोटिका (roṭikā, “bread”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.