pitta

American  

[pit-uh] / ˈpɪt ə /

noun

1. any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.

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pitta ¹ British  

/ ˈpɪtə /

noun

1. another name for pitta bread

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pitta ² British  

/ ˈpɪtə /

noun

1. any of various small brightly coloured ground-dwelling tropical birds of the genus Pitta

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Etymology

Origin of pitta

First recorded in 1830–40, pitta is from the Telugu word piṭṭa bird

Example Sentences

I chose pitta for its transformative, cooling properties, and kapha for its stabilizing, anti-inflammatory ones.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

Nine worked at the pitta bread company, with factories in Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire and Tottenham in north London, which made supermarket own-brand products.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

You could serve it with grilled pitta bread or veggies like carrot and celery, cut into batons for dipping.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023

Use as fresh salad or as a pickle in some pitta bread with cheese or chicken.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2020

We weighed anchor at sunrise on March 4th, having added a pitta, an owl, and the Rhinomyias—all new species—to the avifauna of the islands during a most satisfactory visit of seven days.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden