दाल-रोटी dāl-rōṭī
Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.
How to read the transliteration
This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
Bread and dāl.
Food, sustenance, livelihood.
Usual translation
- dal and roti
Origin of the definition
Split pea (of mūṅg, arhar, and other kinds of pulse, much used for food); split pulse; pulse, lentils, vetches.
Indian dish made from pulse.
H دال दाल dāl [S. दलं, rt. दल् 'to split,' &c.], s.f. Split pea (of mūṅg, arhar, and other kinds of pulse, much used for food); split pulse; pulse, lentils, vetches; — a black or dark spot (resembling dāl, in anything); focus (of rays of light); — a crust, scale, scab. dāl-roṭī, s.f. Bread and dāl; food, sustenance, livelihood. dāl-meṅ kućh kālā, '(There is) something black (as a fly or the like) in the dālʼ; (there is) something wrong or suspicious (in the affair, &c.), something amiss (here).
A cake of bread, a cake of flour or meal toasted on an earthen or iron dish or plate.
Bread, a loaf ( = pāʼo roṭī).
Food, sustenance; maintenance, livelihood.
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
18 occurrences
In 8 on 2386 murlis
Avyakts
22 occurrences
In 12 on 1112 murlis
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