roti

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noun

A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.

“Nepalis eat sweet fried rice-flour doughnuts called sel roti.”

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Meanings

roti1

nounroti (usually uncountable, plural rotis)

plural rotis

  1. uncountableusuallyA kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.

    Nepalis eat sweet fried rice-flour doughnuts called sel roti.

    1 more example

    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

ROTI2

nounROTI (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of return on time invested.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.

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Origin

  1. Sanskritरोटिका“bread”
  2. Urduروٹی
  3. Hindiरोटी
  4. Englishroti

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

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Translations

Bengali রুটি
  • রুটি (ruṭi)unleavened flatbread
Chinese Mandarin 恰巴提
  • 恰巴提 (qiàbātí)unleavened flatbread
Czech roti
  • rotiunleavened flatbread
Finnish roti
  • rotiunleavened flatbread
French roti
  • rotiunleavened flatbread
German Fladenbrot, Roti
  • Fladenbrotunleavened flatbread
  • Rotiunleavened flatbread
Hindi रोटी
  • रोटी (roṭī)unleavened flatbread
Indonesian capati
  • capatiunleavened flatbread
Japanese ロティ
  • ロティ (roti)unleavened flatbread
Korean 로티
  • 로티 (roti)unleavened flatbread
Malay roti capati
  • roti capatiunleavened flatbread
Portuguese roti
  • rotiunleavened flatbread
Punjabi ਰੋਟੀ
  • ਰੋਟੀ (roṭī)unleavened flatbread
Russian ро́ти
  • ро́ти (róti)unleavened flatbread
Spanish roti
  • rotiunleavened flatbread
Tamil ரொட்டி
  • ரொட்டி (roṭṭi)unleavened flatbread
Thai โรตี
  • โรตี (roo-dtii)unleavened flatbread
Ukrainian ро́ті
  • ро́ті (róti)unleavened flatbread
Urdu روٹی
  • روٹی (roṭī)unleavened flatbread

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Cite this entry
APA

roti. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roti

MLA

“roti.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roti. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roti,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roti.

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