pitta
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pitta1 /ˈpɪtə/ (also pitta bread, N. Amer. pita)
▶noun flat, hollow slightly leavened bread which can be split open to hold a filling.
– origin mod. Gk, lit. ‘cake or pie’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pitta2 /ˈpɪtə/
▶noun a small ground-dwelling thrush-like bird with brightly coloured plumage and a very short tail, found in the Old World tropics. [Genus Pitta: many species.]
– origin C19: from Telugu piṭṭa ‘(young) bird’.
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