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English
Etymology
The immediate source is Turkish mantı or Ottoman Turkish مانطی. Before that the origin is obscure. The word was widespread in central Asia by the 13th century. Chinese 饅頭/馒头 (MC muɑn dəu, “steamed bun”) may be another borrowing, making manti a doublet of mandu, manju, and mantou.
Noun
manti (plural manti or manties)
- A type of dumpling served in Turkish and Central Asian cuisine
1998 November 13, Ted Shen, “Restaurant Tours: Metin Kurtulus serves Turkey”, in Chicago Reader: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.
2007 December 5, Melissa Clark, “When It Looks at You, It’s Done”, in New York Times: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.
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Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese manter. Cognate with Kabuverdianu manti "maintain".
Verb
manti
- to hold
- to keep
- to maintain
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Minangkabau , from Pali mantī (“minister”), from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī). Doublet of mandarin, mantri, and menteri.
Noun
manti (plural manti-manti, first-person possessive mantiku, second-person possessive mantimu, third-person possessive mantinya)
- alternative spelling of menteri (“minister”)
Etymology 2
From Turkish mantı or Ottoman Turkish مانطی with possible cognate of Chinese 饅頭/馒头 (mántou).
Noun
manti (plural manti-manti, first-person possessive mantiku, second-person possessive mantimu, third-person possessive mantinya)
- (cooking) manti: A type of dumpling served in Turkish and Central Asian cuisine.
References
- ^ Tom Hoogervorst (2017 December 31) Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, 9. The Role of “Prakrit” in Maritime Southeast Asia through 101 Etymologies, ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 375–440
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
manti m
- plural of manto
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish مانطی (mantı) or Turkish mantı.
Noun
manti m (invariable)
- manti (meat-filled pockets of pasta in Turkey and Central Asia)
Anagrams
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
manti
- vocative singular of mantin (“counsellor”)
Swazi
Etymology
From emanti.
Relative
-mânti
- wet
Inflection
Turkish
Noun
manti (definite accusative mantiyi, plural mantiler)
- (Lubunyaca) Young top (dominant partner in a BDSM relationship) (generally between ages 15 and 20).
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