panini

[ puh-nee-nee ]

noun,plural pa·ni·ni [puh-nee-nee], /pəˈni ni/, pa·ni·nis [puh-nee-neez] /pəˈni niz/
  1. a usually pressed and grilled sandwich of Italian bread filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, etc.

Origin of panini

1
First recorded in 1955–60; from Italian panini, plural of panino “a roll, sandwich,” diminutive of pane “bread,” from Latin pān- (stem of pānis ) “bread” + -ini, plural of diminutive suffix -ino, from Latin -īnus adjective suffix meaning “of or pertaining to, made of”; see -ine1
  • Sometimes pa·ni·no [puh-nee-noh] /pəˈni noʊ/ .

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Other definitions for Panini (2 of 2)

Panini
[ pah-nee-nee for 1; pah-nee-nee for 2 ]

noun
  1. flourished c400 b.c., Indian grammarian of Sanskrit.

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How to use panini in a sentence

  • panini, great philologist of ancient India, paid this tribute to the mathematical and psychological perfection in Sanskrit.

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British Dictionary definitions for panini

panini

/ (pæˈniːnɪ) /


nounplural -ni or -nis
  1. a type of Italian bread, usually served grilled with a variety of fillings

Origin of panini

1
C20: from Italian, pl of panino a bread roll

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