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dosa

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdəʊsə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈdoʊsə/
  • South-Asia: /d̪osɑ/
  • South-Asia, proscribed: /ɖosɑ/
  • /d̪osa(j)/ Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  • /d̪osə/ Tamil Nadu, Kerala

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Eric dipped a piece of the dosa in the coconut chutney.
  • The restaurant's dosas were truly atrocious, so I stopped going there.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Kannada ದೋಸೆ (dōse).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: တိုရှေ (tuihre) — type of pancake
  • French: dosa — type of pancake
  • Gujarati: ઢોસા (ḍhosā) — type of pancake
  • Hindi: दोसा (dosā) — type of pancake
  • Kannada: ದೋಸೆ (dōse) — type of pancake
  • Konkani: पोळो (poḷo) — type of pancake
  • Malay: tose — type of pancake
  • Malay: thosai — type of pancake
  • Malay: tosai — type of pancake
  • Malayalam: ദോശ (dōśa) — type of pancake
  • Marathi: डोसा (ḍosā) — type of pancake
  • Polish: dosa — type of pancake
  • Punjabi: ਡੋਸਾ (ḍosā) — type of pancake
  • Sanskrit: दोसक (dosaka) — type of pancake
  • Tamil: தோசை (tōcai) — type of pancake
  • Telugu: దోస (dōsa) — type of pancake