roti canai

English

roti canai

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay roti canai.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊti ˈtʃɑnaɪ/

Noun

roti canai (uncountable)

1. (Malaysia) 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

• Burmese: ပလာတာ (my) (pa.lata)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印度煎餅／印度煎饼 (yìndù jiānbǐng), 飛餅／飞饼 (fēibǐng)

• Indonesian: roti canai
• Malay: roti canai (ms)

Further reading

• roti canai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• raciation

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• roti cane

Etymology

From Malay roti canai. Reanalysed as roti (“bread”) +‎ canai (“to stretch or push something pliable or elastic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrot̪i ˈt͡ʃanai̯]

Noun

roti canai (first-person possessive roti canaiku, second-person possessive roti canaimu, third-person possessive roti canainya)

1. roti canai

Malay

FWOTD – 18 January 2019

Etymology

From roti (“bread”) +‎ canai (“to stretch or push something pliable or elastic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro.ti t͡ʃa.nai/

Noun

roti canai (Jawi spelling روتي چاناي, informal 1st possessive roti canaiku, 2nd possessive roti canaimu, 3rd possessive roti canainya)

1. 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

• roti tisu, roti telur