atta

contraction, noun — 2 senses

contraction

Etymology Probably from that's a with heavy simplification.

Contraction that's the; that's a

Derived terms: attaboy, atta boy, attadog, atta dog, attagal, attagirl, atta girl

noun

Etymology From Hindi आटा (āṭā, “flour, farina, dough”).

India A type of wholegrain flour from the Indian subcontinent.

Kabutri, in the meanwhile, had kneaded some atta and rolled out a few real rotis.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 7:
The little bits of atta on her hands turned the water a milky white and that was all she could offer to her children’s hunger.2020, Shruti Swamy, A House Is a Body: Stories, Algonquin Books:

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