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

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Example Sentences

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pitta

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025

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

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2023

Treat wraps and pittas in the same way to make excellent healthy crisps and pitta chips.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2022

She bought a falafel pitta and started slowly walking up Laugavegur, which is brightly lit at night, with glowing storefronts and lampposts every 10 metres or so.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2018

This pitta was exceedingly tame, often moving along only 20 feet ahead of the observer.

From Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 by Max C. Thompson

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