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Hindi translation: पराठा (पराँठा)

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English term or phrase:paratha
Hindi translation:पराठा (पराँठा)
Entered by: C.M. Rawal

17:24 Aug 5, 2008
English to Hindi translations [Non-PRO]
Food & Drink / Food
English term or phrase: paratha
Hi,

Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratha.

Is “paratha” a word of Hindi origin, by the way? Anyway, even if it is originally Bengali or something, I imagine it will probably exist in Hindi. Please write in Devanagari.

Many thanks as ever,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:30
पराठा (पराँठा)
Explanation:
The word पराठा (or its variant पराँठा) is a Hindi word.
Wikipedia:

A paratha (or parantha) is a flatbread that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is usually made with whole-wheat flour, pan fried in ghee or cooking oil, and often stuffed with vegetables, especially boiled potatoes, radish or cauliflower and/or paneer (Indian cheese). A paratha (especially a stuffed one) can be eaten simply with a blob of butter spread on top but it is best served with pickles and yoghurt, or thick spicy curries of meat and vegetables. Some people prefer to roll up the paratha into a "pipe" and eat it with tea, often dipping the paratha into the tea.

The paratha can either be round, square or triangular. In the former, the stuffing is simply mixed with the kneaded flour and the paratha is prepared like the roti, but in the latter two, the peda (ball of kneaded flour) is flattened into a flattened shape, the stuffing is kept in the middle and the flatbread is now closed around the stuffing like an envelope. The two variants differ in the fact that while the former is like a thick (in terms of width) version of the roti with filling inside; the latter two, have discernible soft layers if one "opens" the crispier shell layers.

The paratha has a social connotation too. The significantly higher expenditure and effort in preparing the paratha when compared with the daily roti means that the paratha is usually prepared as a special item, or for important guests.

The paratha was conceived in ancient North India especially in the region of Punjab. Regardless of its origins, it soon became popular all over India and is now available everywhere in South Asia. Even the South Indian states have their own versions of the ubiquitous paratha, the most popular being "Kerala paratha," also called Kerala porotta.

Indian immigrants took this dish to Malaysia, Mauritius (where it is known as farata) and Singapore, resulting in variations such as roti canai and roti prata. In Myanmar (Burma), where it is known as palata, it is eaten with curries or cooked with either egg or mutton, or as a dessert with white sugar. Htat ta ya, literally 'a hundred layers', is a fried flaky multilayered paratha with either sugar or boiled peas (pè byouk). Paratha in Trinidad and Tobago differs from the South Asian paratha in that it is generally thinner and larger. In Trinidad and Tobago it is commonly called "buss up shut" ("burst-up shirt"), especially by non-Indo-Trinidadians.

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C.M. Rawal
India
Local time: 11:00
Grading comment
many thanks excellent as ever
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5परांठा
Nitin Goyal
5 +3पराठा (पराँठा)
C.M. Rawal
5परांठा
Manmohan Kaur


Discussion entries: 4





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
परांठा


Explanation:
Hindi origin

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-08-05 17:32:55 GMT)
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Paratha is a Hindi word.

Here are some images of Paratha.
http://images.google.co.in/images?q=parantha&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf...

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Note added at 10 mins (2008-08-05 17:34:35 GMT)
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Definition at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratha
A paratha (or parantha) is a flatbread that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is usually made with whole-wheat flour, pan fried in ghee or cooking oil, and often stuffed with vegetables, especially boiled potatoes, radish or cauliflower and/or paneer (Indian cheese). A paratha (especially a stuffed one) can be eaten simply with a blob of butter spread on top but it is best served with pickles and yoghurt, or thick spicy curries of meat and vegetables.

Nitin Goyal
India
Local time: 11:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in PunjabiPunjabi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mrudula Tambe
8 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  kgulshan: perfect spelling
1 day 40 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Rajan Chopra
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Rajesh Srivastava
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  rakesh s
15 days
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
पराठा (पराँठा)


Explanation:
The word पराठा (or its variant पराँठा) is a Hindi word.
Wikipedia:

A paratha (or parantha) is a flatbread that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is usually made with whole-wheat flour, pan fried in ghee or cooking oil, and often stuffed with vegetables, especially boiled potatoes, radish or cauliflower and/or paneer (Indian cheese). A paratha (especially a stuffed one) can be eaten simply with a blob of butter spread on top but it is best served with pickles and yoghurt, or thick spicy curries of meat and vegetables. Some people prefer to roll up the paratha into a "pipe" and eat it with tea, often dipping the paratha into the tea.

The paratha can either be round, square or triangular. In the former, the stuffing is simply mixed with the kneaded flour and the paratha is prepared like the roti, but in the latter two, the peda (ball of kneaded flour) is flattened into a flattened shape, the stuffing is kept in the middle and the flatbread is now closed around the stuffing like an envelope. The two variants differ in the fact that while the former is like a thick (in terms of width) version of the roti with filling inside; the latter two, have discernible soft layers if one "opens" the crispier shell layers.

The paratha has a social connotation too. The significantly higher expenditure and effort in preparing the paratha when compared with the daily roti means that the paratha is usually prepared as a special item, or for important guests.

The paratha was conceived in ancient North India especially in the region of Punjab. Regardless of its origins, it soon became popular all over India and is now available everywhere in South Asia. Even the South Indian states have their own versions of the ubiquitous paratha, the most popular being "Kerala paratha," also called Kerala porotta.

Indian immigrants took this dish to Malaysia, Mauritius (where it is known as farata) and Singapore, resulting in variations such as roti canai and roti prata. In Myanmar (Burma), where it is known as palata, it is eaten with curries or cooked with either egg or mutton, or as a dessert with white sugar. Htat ta ya, literally 'a hundred layers', is a fried flaky multilayered paratha with either sugar or boiled peas (pè byouk). Paratha in Trinidad and Tobago differs from the South Asian paratha in that it is generally thinner and larger. In Trinidad and Tobago it is commonly called "buss up shut" ("burst-up shirt"), especially by non-Indo-Trinidadians.



Example sentence(s):
  • भज्जी को पसंद आलू का पराठा और मलाई.
  • जब पराठा अच्छी तरह सिक जाये तो सूखे नारियल से गार्निश कर गर्मागर्म पराठा दही और चटनी ...

    Reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/sport/story/2008/03/080305_harbha...
    Reference: http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/khanakhazana/?page=article&articl...
C.M. Rawal
India
Local time: 11:00
Native speaker of: Hindi
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
many thanks excellent as ever

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chandan mishra
10 hrs
  -> धन्यवाद चंदन जी !
agree  Rajan Chopra
1 day 5 hrs
  -> धन्यवाद चोपड़ा जी !
agree  Rajesh Srivastava
1 day 8 hrs
  -> धन्यवाद राजेश जी !
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
परांठा


Explanation:
आलू का परांठा , गोभी का परांठा, मूली का परांठा और भी कई तरह के परांठे भारत भर में मशहूर हैं | पंजाब के लोगो का नाश्ता पराठे ही हैं | यह एक तरह की रोटी हैं जो आलू , गोभी या मूली के भरण से भरी जाती है |

Example sentence(s):
  • I like Stuffed parantha mostly aalo parantha
Manmohan Kaur
United States
Local time: 22:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in PunjabiPunjabi
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