puri

English

/ˈpʊəɹi/

noun

Definitions

A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पूरी (pancake, a kind of pancake).

Origin

Hindi

पूरी

Gloss

pancake, a kind of pancake

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

poori English
पूरिका Sanskrit
بوري Arabic
पूरी Hindi
ပူရီ Burmese
بورو Ottoman Turkish

poori