roti canai
English
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Etymology
From Malay roti canai.
Pronunciation
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Noun
roti canai (uncountable)
- An Indian-influenced flatbread found in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
- 2009 July 31, John Krich, “Roti Canai: Kuala Lumpur takes a flatbread to new heights”, in The Wall Street Journal[1], archived from the original on 5 October 2015:
- "A good roti canai," Mr. Najib summarizes, "should be light, soft and buttery on the inside, flakey and slightly crunchy on the outside."
Synonyms
- (Singapore, southern Malaysia) roti prata
Translations
Indian-influenced flatbread
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Further reading
roti canai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Noun
roti canai (first-person possessive roti canaiku, second-person possessive roti canaimu, third-person possessive roti canainya)
Malay
Etymology
From roti (“bread”) + canai (“to stretch or push something pliable or elastic”).
Pronunciation
Noun
roti canai (Jawi spelling روتي چاناي, informal 1st possessive roti canaiku, 2nd possessive roti canaimu, 3rd possessive roti canainya)
- roti canai
- 2006 February 3, Zabry Mohamad, “Roti canai, teh tarik tidak ke angkasa lepas? [Roti canai, teh tarik not going to outer space?]”, in Utusan Malaysia[2], archived from the original on 29 December 2018:
- Mengulas lanjut katanya, roti canai mudah rapuh dan serpihan yang terapung di udara boleh memasuki ruang-ruang kecil dalam kapal angkasa seterusnya merosakkan sistemnya.
- He further commented that roti canai is easily brittle and fragments floating in the air can enter small spaces in the spaceship thereby damaging its system.
See also
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