We did not call him Loti, but Roti, our coined word for a rose, because he had rosy cheeks.

But he could not call himself Roti in his novel, for in French, his language, that meant roasted, and one might think of boeuf à la rôti.

He was able now to eat through the whole bill of fare"from the eggs to the roti".

Pampur, (Padma-pur, city of Vishnu, or Padmun-pur, "the place of beauty"), principally noted now for its Pampur roti or bread, a speciality of the place.