injera
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Tigrinya እንጀራ (ʾənǧära) or Amharic እንጀራ (ʾənǧära).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛɹə/,[1] /ɪnˈd͡ʒiɹə/, /ɛnˈd͡ʒɛɹə/, /ənˈd͡ʒɛɹə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʒɪəɹə/,[2] /ˈɪn.dʒiːɹə/[3]
Noun
[edit]injera (countable and uncountable, plural injeras)
- A pancake-like flatbread made from fermented teff flour, a traditional food of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and the Nuer people of Sudan.
- 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 190:
- The tang of fresh injera coats the air above her head.
Translations
[edit]bread made from teff
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References
[edit]- ^ “injera”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “injera”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “injera”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
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