Manti
//ˈmæntaɪ// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine
"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."
Proper Noun
- 1 One of the four Nephite spies in the Book of Mormon.
- 2 A city, the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah.
Example
More examples"I'm sorry, we're all out of manti."
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.
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