pittan.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pitta.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pitta, genus name ( L. J. P. Vieillot Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithol. élém. (1816) 42) < Telugu piṭṭa small bird.

Any of several passerine birds constituting the genus Pitta and the family Pittidae, inhabiting chiefly South-East Asia, Australasia, and tropical Africa, and noted for their vivid colouring, strong bill, short tail, and long legs. Frequently with distinguishing word. Also called ant-thrush.noisy, rainbow pitta: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > genus Pitta

short-tail1792

pitta1826

ground-thrush1855

pittid1895

1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. ii. 183 Green Pitta beneath fulvous; with the rump and tail-feathers blue; the vent red; the crown rufous; the nape, chin, and abdominal spot black.

1842 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) IV. Pl. 1 Pitta strepitans..Noisy Pitta.

1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distribution Animals II. xviii. 297 The Pittas comprise a number of beautifully-coloured Thrush-like birds... They are most abundant in the Malay Archipelago.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 728 Few Birds can vie with the Pittas in brightly-contrasted coloration.

1928 W. Robertson Coo-ee Talks 36 The Rainbow Pitta..inhabits the dense bamboo-jungles near the coast, and builds its nest of the sheaths and strips of the plant.

1965 People (Austral.) 24 Mar. 24/2 No less brilliant..is the buff-breasted pitta, usually termed dragoon-bird or anvil-bird.

1976 Reader's Digest Compl. Bk. Austral. Birds 330 The shy and beautiful noisy pitta is rarely seen.

1991 Times 22 May 5 Examples of Gurney's pitta are on sale in Thailand for almost £100 although only about 30 are left in the wild.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pittapitan.²

Brit.

/ˈpɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈpidə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, pittas, pitas.

Forms: 1900s– peeta, 1900s– peta, 1900s– pita, 1900s– pitah, 1900s– pitta, 1900s– pytta.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hebrew. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Partly a borrowing from Serbian and Croatian. Etymons: Hebrew pittāh; Greek πήττα; Serbian and Croatian pita.

Etymology: Partly < modern Hebrew pittāh ( < Balkan Judaeo-Spanish pita slightly leavened flat bread), partly < the etymon of the latter, modern Greek πήττα, πίτα, πίττα bread, cake, pie, pitta (a1108 in medieval Greek), partly < Serbian and Croatian pita (1685), and partly perhaps also < other languages of the Balkans (compare Albanian pite, Bulgarian pita); further etymology uncertain and disputed.The relationship of the forms in the different European languages is unclear. Various ancient Greek etymons have been suggested, but the word appears to be of fairly recent appearance in Greek (as is suggested by the variable spelling); also, a plausible transmission from ancient Greek into the various other modern languages is difficult to establish. Modern Hebrew pittāh is written as if descended from an Aramaic form (compare Old Western Aramaic pittəṯā , Eastern Aramaic pittā , related to Palestinian colloquial Arabic fatte crumb, piece of bread) but there is no continuity between them. The Arabic word for this type of bread is kimāj ( < Persian kumāj ). Turkish pide (1890) is a loanword, probably < Greek. An ultimate origin in Germanic has been suggested by G. Princi Braccini ( Archivio glottologico italiano 64 (1979) 42–89), perhaps < an unattested Gothic *bita , cognate with Old High German bizzo bite, morsel, lump, cake made of flour (see pizza n.), whence the word spread first into Rhaeto-Romance and the languages of the western Balkans, and then beyond, compare Romansh (Engadine) petta, Ladin (Ampezzano) peta, Friulian peta, all in sense ‘thin flat bread’, post-classical Latin petta, a kind of bread or flat cake (1249, 1297 in Friulian sources), Albanian petë thin layer of dough or pastry crust, Vlach (Aromanian) pită pie, tart, Romanian regional pită bread, Hungarian pite pie, tart (1598); Italian regional (Calabria) pitta pitta, is probably < Greek. However, the theory of Germanic origin presents certain phonological difficulties. An alternative theory has been proposed by J. Kramer ( Balkan-Archiv 14–15 (1990) 220–31) who sees the word as ultimately of Illyrian origin.

A flat, hollow, slightly leavened bread originally common in Middle Eastern countries, often cut open and filled with a meat or other filling. Also more fully pitta bread.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > other types of bread

sergeant-loafa1348

clear-matin1362

bean-breadc1380

French bread1420

pease-breada1425

bran-breadc1425

grey breadc1430

angels' breadc1440

dough bread?a1500

baker's bread?1550

acorn bread1571

cart-bread1574

chapter-bread1600

diet-bread1617

ember-bread1681

buff coat1688

bust-coat1706

Picentine bread1712

chestnut-bread1814

naan1828

gluten-bread1846

to-bread1854

batch-bread1862

injera1868

coffee cake1879

pan dulce1882

quick bread1882

sour bread1884

Tommy1895

focaccia1905

hard-dough bread1911

hush puppy1918

potica1927

spoon bread1932

bake1933

pitta1936

hard-dough1966

pain de campagne1970

pocket bread1973

ciabatta1985

pain au levain1985

levain1991

1936 Palestine Post 30 Mar. 28 Bread was Khalil's greatest desire and dancing was his life. His bulging muscles produced a ravenous appetite which could never be satisfied. For a chunk of ‘pitah’..Khalil would spend the lunch hour dancing.

1944 L. White Long Balkan Night 240 We dined [in Yugoslavia] on pita, an oriental pasty stuffed with cheese and spinach, and musaká, a sort of hash combined with eggplant and covered with a cream sauce.

1951 Commentary (N.Y.) 11 269 Falafel: sharp peppers and fried dried pea balls sandwiched in a flat roll called a pitah.

1963 J. Comay Introd. Israel xiv. 247 Felafel..is..served hot between halves of peeta. It can be ordered hot (pepper hot) or mild.

1964 M. Duncan Cooking Greek Way 213 The pita at this [dough] stage should be about 2 inches thick.

1970 Times 29 Apr. 18/4 With your souvlakia you will get pitta, excellent flat round bread.

1975 Jewish Chron. 18 July (Food & Wine Suppl.) p. iii/2 A pita—the flat Arab style bread—is split open, a few of the falafel balls stuffed in.

1977 National Observer (U.S.) 8 Jan. 12/3 I made my own pita bread, the flat chewy Arab bun that can be cut in half and stuffed with any number of goodies.

1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 263 Add some freshly chopped parsley, then serve immediately and with lots of oven-warmed pitta.

Compounds

pitta pocket n. originally U.S. a piece of pitta with an opening cut along one edge, usually served with a filling as a light meal or snack.

ΚΠ

1977 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 1 July 7/6 (advt.) Fun fast foods, pita pockets, subs and pizzas.

2003 Muscle & Fitness Jan. 174/1 For a complete meal, serve in a wholemeal bun, toasted bagel or pitta pocket along with a small garden salad.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pittan.³

Brit.

/ˈpɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdə/

Forms: 1900s– pitha, 1900s– pitta.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit pitta.

Etymology: < Sanskrit pitta bile.

In Ayurvedic medicine: one of the three humours (or doshas) in the body, made up of the elements fire and water and responsible for heat, appetite, and digestion. Also attributive, esp. designating a person in whom this humour is dominant, or the physiological and psychological dispositions or characteristics of such a person. Cf. dosha n.Sources which translate the Sanskrit word typically use the term ‘bile’ to refer to this humour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > humours > specific humours

phlegmc1250

moisturea1387

melancholyc1390

cholera1393

black humoura1398

choleraa1398

melancholiaa1398

coldness1398

sanguineness1530

atrabile1594

combust choler1607

primary humour1621

black bile1634

cambium1634

yellow bile1634

kapha1937

pitta1937

dosha1959

1937 Cultural Heritage of India III. 415 The theory of vāyu, pitta, and kapha is not the same as the old..humoral theory of the Greek and Roman physicians who, though they borrowed the idea from Āyurveda, probably failed to grasp the true meaning of the theory.

1953 S. Dasgupta in H. Bhattacharyya Cultural Heritage of India (ed. 2) Introd. 19 We find therein [sc. in the Atharva-Veda] diseases classified as wet, dry, and moving. These in later times came to be regarded as kapha (phlegm), pitta (bile), and vāyu (bio-motor force).

1977 D. Chattopadhyaya tr. Caraka-saṃhitā in Sci. & Society Anc. India viii. 78 From the excrement (kiṭṭa) are formed the following: sweat, urine, faeces, vāyu, pitta, kapha, the dirty things excreted through the eyes, ear, nose, mouth, hair-follicles and genital organs.

1997 Spirit No. 8. 100 Pitta types are likely to have medium-sized bodies, lustrous skin and good appetites. Characterised by the element of fire, they often show leadership qualities and openness to new ideas.

2000 Here's Health May 26/1 Pitta types are at risk because of blood problems, and Kapha types may also be susceptible because energy is often blocked, causing coagulation of the blood.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1826

n.²1936

n.³1937

单词	pitta
释义	pittan.¹ Brit. /ˈpɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɪdə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pitta. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pitta, genus name ( L. J. P. Vieillot Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithol. élém. (1816) 42) < Telugu piṭṭa small bird. Any of several passerine birds constituting the genus Pitta and the family Pittidae, inhabiting chiefly South-East Asia, Australasia, and tropical Africa, and noted for their vivid colouring, strong bill, short tail, and long legs. Frequently with distinguishing word. Also called ant-thrush.noisy, rainbow pitta: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > genus Pitta short-tail1792 pitta1826 ground-thrush1855 pittid1895 1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. ii. 183 Green Pitta beneath fulvous; with the rump and tail-feathers blue; the vent red; the crown rufous; the nape, chin, and abdominal spot black. 1842 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) IV. Pl. 1 Pitta strepitans..Noisy Pitta. 1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distribution Animals II. xviii. 297 The Pittas comprise a number of beautifully-coloured Thrush-like birds... They are most abundant in the Malay Archipelago. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 728 Few Birds can vie with the Pittas in brightly-contrasted coloration. 1928 W. Robertson Coo-ee Talks 36 The Rainbow Pitta..inhabits the dense bamboo-jungles near the coast, and builds its nest of the sheaths and strips of the plant. 1965 People (Austral.) 24 Mar. 24/2 No less brilliant..is the buff-breasted pitta, usually termed dragoon-bird or anvil-bird. 1976 Reader's Digest Compl. Bk. Austral. Birds 330 The shy and beautiful noisy pitta is rarely seen. 1991 Times 22 May 5 Examples of Gurney's pitta are on sale in Thailand for almost £100 although only about 30 are left in the wild. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pittapitan.² Brit. /ˈpɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpidə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, pittas, pitas. Forms: 1900s– peeta, 1900s– peta, 1900s– pita, 1900s– pitah, 1900s– pitta, 1900s– pytta. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hebrew. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Partly a borrowing from Serbian and Croatian. Etymons: Hebrew pittāh; Greek πήττα; Serbian and Croatian pita. Etymology: Partly < modern Hebrew pittāh ( < Balkan Judaeo-Spanish pita slightly leavened flat bread), partly < the etymon of the latter, modern Greek πήττα, πίτα, πίττα bread, cake, pie, pitta (a1108 in medieval Greek), partly < Serbian and Croatian pita (1685), and partly perhaps also < other languages of the Balkans (compare Albanian pite, Bulgarian pita); further etymology uncertain and disputed.The relationship of the forms in the different European languages is unclear. Various ancient Greek etymons have been suggested, but the word appears to be of fairly recent appearance in Greek (as is suggested by the variable spelling); also, a plausible transmission from ancient Greek into the various other modern languages is difficult to establish. Modern Hebrew pittāh is written as if descended from an Aramaic form (compare Old Western Aramaic pittəṯā , Eastern Aramaic pittā , related to Palestinian colloquial Arabic fatte crumb, piece of bread) but there is no continuity between them. The Arabic word for this type of bread is kimāj ( < Persian kumāj ). Turkish pide (1890) is a loanword, probably < Greek. An ultimate origin in Germanic has been suggested by G. Princi Braccini ( Archivio glottologico italiano 64 (1979) 42–89), perhaps < an unattested Gothic *bita , cognate with Old High German bizzo bite, morsel, lump, cake made of flour (see pizza n.), whence the word spread first into Rhaeto-Romance and the languages of the western Balkans, and then beyond, compare Romansh (Engadine) petta, Ladin (Ampezzano) peta, Friulian peta, all in sense ‘thin flat bread’, post-classical Latin petta, a kind of bread or flat cake (1249, 1297 in Friulian sources), Albanian petë thin layer of dough or pastry crust, Vlach (Aromanian) pită pie, tart, Romanian regional pită bread, Hungarian pite pie, tart (1598); Italian regional (Calabria) pitta pitta, is probably < Greek. However, the theory of Germanic origin presents certain phonological difficulties. An alternative theory has been proposed by J. Kramer ( Balkan-Archiv 14–15 (1990) 220–31) who sees the word as ultimately of Illyrian origin. A flat, hollow, slightly leavened bread originally common in Middle Eastern countries, often cut open and filled with a meat or other filling. Also more fully pitta bread. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > other types of bread sergeant-loafa1348 clear-matin1362 bean-breadc1380 French bread1420 pease-breada1425 bran-breadc1425 grey breadc1430 angels' breadc1440 dough bread?a1500 baker's bread?1550 acorn bread1571 cart-bread1574 chapter-bread1600 diet-bread1617 ember-bread1681 buff coat1688 bust-coat1706 Picentine bread1712 chestnut-bread1814 naan1828 gluten-bread1846 to-bread1854 batch-bread1862 injera1868 coffee cake1879 pan dulce1882 quick bread1882 sour bread1884 Tommy1895 focaccia1905 hard-dough bread1911 hush puppy1918 potica1927 spoon bread1932 bake1933 pitta1936 hard-dough1966 pain de campagne1970 pocket bread1973 ciabatta1985 pain au levain1985 levain1991 1936 Palestine Post 30 Mar. 28 Bread was Khalil's greatest desire and dancing was his life. His bulging muscles produced a ravenous appetite which could never be satisfied. For a chunk of ‘pitah’..Khalil would spend the lunch hour dancing. 1944 L. White Long Balkan Night 240 We dined [in Yugoslavia] on pita, an oriental pasty stuffed with cheese and spinach, and musaká, a sort of hash combined with eggplant and covered with a cream sauce. 1951 Commentary (N.Y.) 11 269 Falafel: sharp peppers and fried dried pea balls sandwiched in a flat roll called a pitah. 1963 J. Comay Introd. Israel xiv. 247 Felafel..is..served hot between halves of peeta. It can be ordered hot (pepper hot) or mild. 1964 M. Duncan Cooking Greek Way 213 The pita at this [dough] stage should be about 2 inches thick. 1970 Times 29 Apr. 18/4 With your souvlakia you will get pitta, excellent flat round bread. 1975 Jewish Chron. 18 July (Food & Wine Suppl.) p. iii/2 A pita—the flat Arab style bread—is split open, a few of the falafel balls stuffed in. 1977 National Observer (U.S.) 8 Jan. 12/3 I made my own pita bread, the flat chewy Arab bun that can be cut in half and stuffed with any number of goodies. 1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 263 Add some freshly chopped parsley, then serve immediately and with lots of oven-warmed pitta. Compounds pitta pocket n. originally U.S. a piece of pitta with an opening cut along one edge, usually served with a filling as a light meal or snack. ΚΠ 1977 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 1 July 7/6 (advt.) Fun fast foods, pita pockets, subs and pizzas. 2003 Muscle & Fitness Jan. 174/1 For a complete meal, serve in a wholemeal bun, toasted bagel or pitta pocket along with a small garden salad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pittan.³ Brit. /ˈpɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɪdə/ Forms: 1900s– pitha, 1900s– pitta. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit pitta. Etymology: < Sanskrit pitta bile. In Ayurvedic medicine: one of the three humours (or doshas) in the body, made up of the elements fire and water and responsible for heat, appetite, and digestion. Also attributive, esp. designating a person in whom this humour is dominant, or the physiological and psychological dispositions or characteristics of such a person. Cf. dosha n.Sources which translate the Sanskrit word typically use the term ‘bile’ to refer to this humour. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > humours > specific humours phlegmc1250 moisturea1387 melancholyc1390 cholera1393 black humoura1398 choleraa1398 melancholiaa1398 coldness1398 sanguineness1530 atrabile1594 combust choler1607 primary humour1621 black bile1634 cambium1634 yellow bile1634 kapha1937 pitta1937 dosha1959 1937 Cultural Heritage of India III. 415 The theory of vāyu, pitta, and kapha is not the same as the old..humoral theory of the Greek and Roman physicians who, though they borrowed the idea from Āyurveda, probably failed to grasp the true meaning of the theory. 1953 S. Dasgupta in H. Bhattacharyya Cultural Heritage of India (ed. 2) Introd. 19 We find therein [sc. in the Atharva-Veda] diseases classified as wet, dry, and moving. These in later times came to be regarded as kapha (phlegm), pitta (bile), and vāyu (bio-motor force). 1977 D. Chattopadhyaya tr. Caraka-saṃhitā in Sci. & Society Anc. India viii. 78 From the excrement (kiṭṭa) are formed the following: sweat, urine, faeces, vāyu, pitta, kapha, the dirty things excreted through the eyes, ear, nose, mouth, hair-follicles and genital organs. 1997 Spirit No. 8. 100 Pitta types are likely to have medium-sized bodies, lustrous skin and good appetites. Characterised by the element of fire, they often show leadership qualities and openness to new ideas. 2000 Here's Health May 26/1 Pitta types are at risk because of blood problems, and Kapha types may also be susceptible because energy is often blocked, causing coagulation of the blood. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1826n.²1936n.³1937
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