different between pretzel vs imarti

English

Alternative forms

• bretzel (dated)

Etymology

From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brezzila, from Medieval Latin brachiatellum, diminutive of Latin bracchium (“arm”); named for the appearance of folded arms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??t.s?l/, [?p????t?s??]

Noun

pretzel (plural pretzels)

1. (cooking) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.
2. (by extension) Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.

Derived terms

• pretzelize

Translations

Verb

pretzel (third-person singular simple present pretzels, present participle pretzelling or (US) pretzeling, simple past and past participle pretzelled or (US) pretzeled)

1. (transitive, Canada, US, informal) To bend, twist, or contort.

   Synonyms: bend, twist, contort

Synonyms

• pretzelize

Further reading

• pretzel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

pretzel m (plural pretzels)

1. pretzel (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot)

English

Noun

imarti (plural imartis)

1. (India) An Indian dessert made by deep-frying urad flour batter in a kind of pretzel which is then soaked in sugar syrup.
   • 1994, Manju Kak, First light in Colonelpura: short stories (page 33)

     A sudden concentration on food followed. Uncle said, have an imarti, they're hot and good.

   • 1994, R?h? M?s?ma Raz?, Gillian Wright, The feuding families of village Gangauli

     […] fill a small basket of fresh, hot imartis.