atta

that's the; that's a

Contraction

  1. that's the; that's a

Origin

Probably from that's a with heavy simplification.

Forms

thatta

Derived

attaboy atta boy attadog atta dog attagal attagirl atta girl

Noun

  1. 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:

Origin

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

Forms

attas