raita

Borrowed from Hindi रायता (rāytā).

raita (countable and uncountable, plural raitas)

1. A condiment made from seasoned yogurt used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia.
   • 2009 January 16, Marian Burros, “Penn Quarter’s International Flavor”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The raita is one of the best in town; goat-cheese kulcha is an unusual and tasty take on Indian bread.

• pachadi

• tzatziki
• Raita (condiment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From the Hindi idiom रायता फैलाना (rāytā phailānā), which means to "spill the raita" or "make a mess".

• rayta

raita

1. (India, derogatory, politics, online slang) A Hindu who does not support Hindutva, a liberal Hindu, especially (highly derogatory) as considered a traitor to India or race traitor towards Indians. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• Jaichand (sometimes)

• sarkari Muslim

• Raytawing

• Arita, Atari, Atira, Taira, aarti, arati, atari, atria, riata, taira, tarai, tiara

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝i̯t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑitɑ
• Syllabification^(key): rai‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): rai‧ta

From Proto-Finnic *raita, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *raidō, originally referring to a trail or track left behind while riding. Association with raita (etymology 2) has also been proposed. Cognate with Northern Karelian raita.^[1] Related to raide, either a derivative or a parallel loan from the same Germanic source.

raita

1. stripe, band (long strip of a colour or material)
2. track, trail (long, relatively straight mark left by something that has passed along)
3. (music) track (sound stored on a record; physical track on a record)
4. (music, by extension) track (piece of music)
5. (heraldry) synonym of jänne (“bendlet”)

• “1. raita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

From Proto-Finnic *raita, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spraiþō (compare Old High German spreid, spreida (“bush”)).^[1]

raita

1. goat willow, sallow, Salix caprea

• “2. raita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

From Hindi रायता (rāytā).

raita

1. raita (condiment)

• “3. raita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• aarit, atari, atria, itara, raati, ritaa, taari, taira, tiara

From Proto-Finnic *raita. Cognates include Finnish raita and dialectal Estonian raid.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑi̯t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑi̯d̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯t, -ɑi̯tɑ
• Hyphenation: rai‧ta

raita

1. sallow, goat willow

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 462