Definition of Paratha

1. Noun. an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paratha

1. an Indian cake [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paratha

paratactical
paratactically
parataxes
parataxia
parataxic
parataxis
paratellurite
paratenesis
paratenic host
paratenon
paraterminal
paraterminal body
paraterminal gyrus
paratext
paratexts
paratha (current term)
parathas
paratheater
paratheatre
paratheatrical
parathesis
parathetic
parathion
parathion poisoning
parathions
parathormone
parathormones
parathymia
parathyrin
parathyroid

Literary usage of Paratha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to Trinidad & Tobago by Kathleen O'Donnell, S Harry Pefkaros (2000)
"The same offering of one meat and three vegetables with "busted up bread" or "bus up shot," called paratha, will cost $3 for chicken and $5.50 ..."

2. The Bṛihat Saṃhitâ of Varaha Mihira by Varāhamihira, N Chidambaram Iyer (1884)
"... the people of paratha, and of Ramata, oil mongers, washermen and thieves will suffer. 6. If the course of Saturn should lie through the constellation of ..."

3. Herodotus: the fourth, fifth, and sixth books by Herodotus, Reginald Walter Macan (1895)
"The view of Hdt. points to purely paratha- lassie sources of information, and it was just about his time that a decided effort was made by the Carthaginians ..."

4. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1853)
"... Esq.)— Pilgrimage to various shrines, mentioned by Erasmus, 83 ; Erasmus' description of paratha- 1 ,' - .11••. 83 ; history of the Virgin's milk, 84; ..."

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