Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dosa

/ˈdoʊsə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: dosa
IPA: /ˈdoʊsə/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Eric dipped a piece of the dosa in the coconut chutney."
"The restaurant's dosas were truly atrocious, so I stopped going there."
"In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir."
"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."
"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."
"The dosas all came with coconut chutney and sambar, a lentil broth — good dipping condiments."

Etymology

From Kannada ದೋಸೆ (dōse).

Word Breakdown

Root: ದೋಸೆ

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdoʊsə/
British English: /ˈdəʊsə/

Inflected Forms

dosas (plural) dosha (alternative) dosai (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce dosa?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdoʊsə/.
What does dosa mean?: A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.
Where does dosa come from?: From Kannada ದೋಸೆ (dōse).

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