injera

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Tigrinya እንጀራ (ʾənǧära) or Amharic እንጀራ (ʾənǧära).

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛɹə/,[1] /ɪnˈd͡ʒiɹə/, /ɛnˈd͡ʒɛɹə/, /ənˈd͡ʒɛɹə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʒɪəɹə/,[2] /ˈɪn.dʒiːɹə/[3]

Noun

injera (countable and uncountable, plural injeras)

  1. A pancake-like flatbread made from fermented teff flour, a traditional food of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and the Nuer people of Sudan.
    • 1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.
    • 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 190:
      The tang of fresh injera coats the air above her head.

Translations

References
  1. “injera”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. “injera”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  3. “injera”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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