Meanings
plural parathas · alternative parantha · alternative parauntha · alternative parotha
- countableuncountableAn Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.
It was homemade parathas with keema mattar — ground lamb with peas.
2009 March 4, Elaine Louie, quoting Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez, “The Temporary Vegetarian: Chana Punjabi”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 20192 more examples
In India, shredded radishes are seasoned with chilies, ginger and toasted spices to make a filling for paratha.
1999 September 22, Jack Bishop, “Reconsidering the Radish: New Ways to Tame Its Bite”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2022Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.
2002, Desmond Barry, A Bloody Good Friday, page 157
Origin
- Hindustani
- Englishparatha
Borrowed from Hindustani पराठा (parāṭhā) / پَراٹھا (parāṭhā). Doublet of parotta.
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Arabic براتا
- براتا (barātā)Indian bread
Bengali পরোটা
- পরোটা (porōṭa)Indian bread
Chinese Mandarin 印度拋餅 /印度抛饼, 印度甩餅 /印度甩饼
- 印度拋餅 /印度抛饼 (Yìndù pāobǐng)Indian bread
- 印度甩餅 /印度甩饼 (Yìndù shuǎibǐng)Indian bread
French paratha
- parathaIndian bread
German Paratha
- ParathaIndian bread
Hindi पराठा
- पराठा (parāṭhā)Indian bread
Japanese パラーター
- パラーター (parātā)Indian bread
Korean 파라타
- 파라타 (parata)Indian bread
Malay roti prata, roti canai
- roti prataIndian bread
- roti canaiIndian bread
Polish paratha
- parathaIndian bread
Portuguese paratha
- parathaIndian bread
Punjabi ਪਰੌਂਠਾ
- ਪਰੌਂਠਾ (parauṇṭhā)Indian bread
Russian пара́тха
- пара́тха (parátxa)Indian bread
Tamil பரோட்டா
- பரோட்டா (parōṭṭā)Indian bread
Urdu پَراٹھا
- پَراٹھا (parāṭhā)Indian bread
Cite this entry
paratha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratha
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