Prataとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Tamil பரோட்டா (parōṭṭā), related to Hindi पराठा (parāṭhā). Doublet of parotta and paratha.

発音

• (Singapore) IPA: /ˈpɹɑːtɑː/

名詞

prata (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Singapore) Synonym of roti prata (a type fried flatbread that is cooked over a flat grill)
   • 2018 September 5, Florence Fong, “Egg Prata With Fish Curry Potato Chips Taste Test: Nice Or Not?”, in Today‎, Singapore, archived from the original on 9 April 2019:

     The fact that these guys were cocky enough to not merely name this snack a perfectly acceptable prata and curry, but egg prata with fish curry, made us quite certain […].

   • 2019 April 5, Shaffiq Alkhatib, “Man jailed over attack on prata cook”, in The Straits Times‎, Singapore:

     A trio upset with a cook who had denied them free prata slashed him with a knife and left him with a deep wound.

派生語

動詞

prata (third-person singular simple present pratas, present participle prataing, simple past and past participle prataed)

1. (slang, transitive, intransitive, chiefly Singapore) To change one's position repeatedly, vacillate, flip-flop (following the repeated flipping when making prata).
   • 2025 March 15, Instagram‎:

     With all this roti-prataing still can trust not?

   • 2020, Reddit‎:

     I have no issue with them flip-flopping, or in local parlance, roti-prataing. It's a fluid situation, which demands fluid solutions.

アナグラム

• apart, rap at

名詞

prāta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of prātum

参照

• "prata", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)