injera

English

A typical Ethiopian meal of several kinds of stew atop spongy injera.

Alternative forms

enjera

Etymology

From Tigrinya እንጀራ (ʾ‌ənğära).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʒɛɚɹə/, /ɪnˈdʒiɹə/, /ɛnˈdʒɛɚɹə/, /ənˈdʒɛɚɹə/

Noun

injera (countable and uncountable, plural injeras)

A pancake-like bread made from fermented teff flour, a traditional food of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and the Nuer people of Sudan.

Translations

bread made from teff

Amharic: እንጀራ (ʾ‌ənğära)
Arabic: إِينْجِيرَا‎ f (ʾinjerā), إِينْجِيرَا‎ f (ʾinjīrā)
French: injera (fr) f
German: Injera n
Japanese: インジェラ (injera)

Oromo: budenaa
Russian: ындже́ра f (yndžéra)
Somali: canjeelo
Tigrinya: እንጀራ (ʾ‌ənğära)

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