manti
/ˈmæntaɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
One of the four Nephite spies in the Book of Mormon.
name
A city, the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah.
Example Sentences
- "And they kept one of the national dishes, manti (pasta stuffed with ground beef served in garlic-yogurt sauce, $11.50), as well as lahmacun, sort of a Turkish pizza ($3), and arnavut cigeri (fried calf's liver and potatoes, $5.75), a hot appetizer."
- "Crowding the table were miniature, hand-formed lamb dumplings called manti; flaky pastries, called boreks, filled with wild greens; and an elaborate paste of chicken, wheat and pistachios called keskek."
Etymology
The immediate source is Turkish mantı or Ottoman Turkish مانطی (mantı). Before that, the origin is obscure. The word was widespread in Central Asia by the 13th century. Possibly from Middle Chinese 饅頭 (man duw), which would make it a doublet of mandu, manju, and mantou.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: mantı, مانطی
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
Zeram
Amnor
Limher