Pitta

1. flat, hollow, slightly leavened bread which can be split open to hold a filling.

   low-calorie starters include tzatziki with a little pitta

   flat pitta breads make perfect sandwiches

modern Greek, literally ‘cake or pie’; compare with Turkish pide, in a similar sense.

noun

a small ground-dwelling bird with brightly coloured plumage and a very short tail, found in the Old World tropics.

mid 19th century: from Telugu piṭṭa ‘(young) bird’.