dosa
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊsə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊsə/
Noun
dosa (plural dosas)
- A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.
- Eric dipped a piece of the dosa in the coconut chutney.
- The restaurant's dosas were truly atrocious, so I stopped going there.
- 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic, published 2009, page 141:
- I carried the Mongoose's bags to the right carriage of the train, then went to a stall and bought a dosa, wrapped in paper, for him.
- 2012, Meg Cotner, Food Lovers' Guide to Queens, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 173:
- These condiments are provided as something for you to dip your dosa into. The dosa wrap itself has a slight tang to it, as it is a fermented bread made from rice and lentils, and is light and delicious.
Translations
type of pancake
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Anagrams
Albanian
Noun
dosa
- inflection of dosë:
- definite nominative singular
- indefinite nominative/accusative plural
French
Verb
dosa
- third-person singular past historic of doser
Anagrams
Iban
Etymology
From Malay dosa, from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dosa/
- Rhymes: -osa
- Hyphenation: do‧sa
Noun
dosa
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay dosa, from Classical Malay دوسا (dosa), from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdosa/ [ˈdo.sa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -osa
- Syllabification: do‧sa
Noun
dosa (plural dosa-dosa)
Derived terms
- berdosa (“sinful”)
- pendosa (“sinner”)
- dosa asal, dosa waris (“original sin”)
- dosa berat (“mortal sin”)
- dosa ringan (“venial sin”)
Further reading
- “dosa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.za/
- Rhymes: -ɔza
- Hyphenation: dò‧sa
Verb
dosa
- inflection of dosare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Javanese
Noun
dosa
Romanization
dosa
- romanization of ꦢꦺꦴꦱ
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdosa/ [ˈdo.sa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: do‧sa
Noun
dosa (Jawi spelling دوسا, plural dosa-dosa)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Descendants
Further reading
- “dosa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maranao
Etymology
From Malay dosa, from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).
Noun
dosa
Northern Sami
Determiner
dōsa
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit दोष (doṣa). The Pali root is dus .
Noun
dosa m
Declension
Declension table of "dosa" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | doso | dosā |
| Accusative (second) | dosaṃ | dose |
| Instrumental (third) | dosena | dosehi or dosebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | dosassa or dosāya or dosatthaṃ | dosānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | dosasmā or dosamhā or dosā | dosehi or dosebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | dosassa | dosānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | dosasmiṃ or dosamhi or dose | dosesu |
| Vocative (calling) | dosa | dosā |
Etymology 2
Noun
dosa m
Declension
Declension table of "dosa" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | doso | dosā |
| Accusative (second) | dosaṃ | dose |
| Instrumental (third) | dosena | dosehi or dosebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | dosassa or dosāya or dosatthaṃ | dosānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | dosasmā or dosamhā or dosā | dosehi or dosebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | dosassa | dosānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | dosasmiṃ or dosamhi or dose | dosesu |
| Vocative (calling) | dosa | dosā |
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dosa”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Portuguese
Verb
dosa
- inflection of dosar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Late Latin dosis. Compare Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk dåse, also Dutch and Afrikaans doos.
Noun
dosa c
- a small box with a lid
- a small, roughly square or rectangular piece of (technical) equipment
- a remote control
- Synonym: fjärrkontroll
- Räck mig (tv-)dosan
- Hand me the (TV) remote
- a game controller (from some early game controllers being angular, extended to later controllers)
- Synonyms: spelkontroll, kontroll
- a remote control
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | dosa | dosas |
| definite | dosan | dosans | |
| plural | indefinite | dosor | dosors |
| definite | dosorna | dosornas |
Derived terms
See also
References
- dosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dosa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)