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	'''Tiffin''' is an [[Indian English]] word for a type of meal. It refers to a light tea-time meal at about ~~3pm~~, ~~or to a light breakfast~~ consisting of typical tea-time foods.<ref name="Telugu Usage">{{cite web\|last1=Purnachand\|first1=G V\|title=History of Traditional Telugu Food Culture: A new interpretation\|url=https://drgvpurnachand.blogspot.in/2012/10/history-of-traditional-telugu-food_1.html\|website=Dr. G. V. Purnachand, B.A.M.S.\|publisher=Dr. G V Purnachand, B.A.M.S.\|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> In certain parts of India, it can also refer to the midday [[luncheon]] or, in some regions of the [[Indian subcontinent]], a between-meal [[snack]].{{sfn\|OED staff\|2013\|loc="tiffin, n."}} When used in place of the word "lunch", however, it does not necessarily mean a light meal.{{sfn\|Murray\|2008\|p=88}}		'''Tiffin''' is an [[Indian English]] word for a type of meal. It refers to a light breakfast or a light tea-time meal at about 3 p.m., consisting of typical tea-time foods.<ref name="Telugu Usage">{{cite web\|last1=Purnachand\|first1=G V\|title=History of Traditional Telugu Food Culture: A new interpretation\|url=https://drgvpurnachand.blogspot.in/2012/10/history-of-traditional-telugu-food_1.html\|website=Dr. G. V. Purnachand, B.A.M.S.\|publisher=Dr. G V Purnachand, B.A.M.S.\|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> In certain parts of India, it can also refer to the midday [[luncheon]] or, in some regions of the [[Indian subcontinent]], a between-meal [[snack]].{{sfn\|OED staff\|2013\|loc="tiffin, n."}} When used in place of the word "lunch", however, it does not necessarily mean a light meal.{{sfn\|Murray\|2008\|p=88}}

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
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	[[File:Mumbai Dabbawala or Tiffin Wallahs- 200,000 Tiffin Boxes Delivered Per Day.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Two [[dabbawala]]s in [[Mumbai]] delivering meals packed in [[tiffin carrier]]s]]		[[File:Mumbai Dabbawala or Tiffin Wallahs- 200,000 Tiffin Boxes Delivered Per Day.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Two [[dabbawala]]s in [[Mumbai]] delivering meals packed in [[tiffin carrier]]s]]
	In [[South India]] and in Nepal, tiffin is generally a snack between meals: [[dosa]]s, [[idli]]s, [[vada (food)\|vada]]s etc.{{sfn\|Hughes\|Mookherjee\|Delacy\|2001\|p=25}} In other parts of India, such as [[Mumbai]], the word mostly refers to a [[packed lunch]] of some sort.{{sfn\|Harding\|2002}} In Mumbai, it is often delivered to them by [[dabbawala]]s, sometimes known as ''tiffin wallahs'', who use a complex system to get thousands of [[tiffin carrier]]s to their destinations. In ~~Mumbai~~, a school-going child's lunch box is fondly called a tiffin box.{{sfn\|Thakker\|2005}}		In [[South India]] and in Nepal, tiffin is generally a snack between meals: [[Dosa (food)\|dosa]]s, [[idli]]s, [[vada (food)\|vada]]s etc.{{sfn\|Hughes\|Mookherjee\|Delacy\|2001\|p=25}} In other parts of India, such as [[Mumbai]], the word mostly refers to a [[packed lunch]] of some sort.{{sfn\|Harding\|2002}} In Mumbai, it is often delivered to them by [[dabbawala]]s, sometimes known as ''tiffin wallahs'', who use a complex system to get thousands of [[tiffin carrier]]s to their destinations. In most of India, a school-going child's lunch box is fondly called a tiffin box.{{sfn\|Thakker\|2005}}

	When used in place of the word "lunch", tiffin often consists of rice, [[lentils]], [[curry]], vegetables, [[chapati]]s or "spicy meats".{{sfn\|Murray\|2008\|pp=85–108}} In addition, the [[lunch box]]es are themselves called [[tiffin carrier]]s, tiffin-boxes or just tiffins.		When used in place of the word "lunch", tiffin often consists of rice, [[lentils]], [[curry]], vegetables, [[chapati]]s or "spicy meats".{{sfn\|Murray\|2008\|pp=85–108}} In addition, the [[lunch box]]es are themselves called [[tiffin carrier]]s, tiffin-boxes or just tiffins.
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	*{{Citation \|last=Wedgwood \|first=H. \|year=1872 \|title=A Dictionary of English Etymology \|edition=second\|page=[https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofengl00wedgrich#page/682/mode/1up 682]}}		*{{Citation \|last=Wedgwood \|first=H. \|year=1872 \|title=A Dictionary of English Etymology \|edition=second\|page=[https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofengl00wedgrich#page/682/mode/1up 682]}}

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{{short description|type of meal in South Asia}}
{{Other uses|Tiffin (disambiguation)}}{{Meals}}

'''Tiffin''' is an [[Indian English]] word for a type of meal. It refers to a light tea-time meal at about 3pm, or to a light breakfast consisting of typical tea-time foods.<ref name="Telugu Usage">{{cite web|last1=Purnachand|first1=G V|title=History of Traditional Telugu Food Culture: A new interpretation|url=https://drgvpurnachand.blogspot.in/2012/10/history-of-traditional-telugu-food_1.html|website=Dr. G. V. Purnachand, B.A.M.S.|publisher=Dr. G V Purnachand, B.A.M.S.|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> In certain parts of India, it can also refer to the midday [[luncheon]] or, in some regions of the [[Indian subcontinent]], a between-meal [[snack]].{{sfn|OED staff|2013|loc="tiffin, n."}} When used in place of the word "lunch", however, it does not necessarily mean a light meal.{{sfn|Murray|2008|p=88}}

==Etymology==
In the [[British Raj]], tiffin was used to denote the British custom of [[Tea (meal)|afternoon tea]] that had been supplanted by the Indian practice of having a light meal at that hour.{{sfn|Quinion|2006|loc=Tiffin}} It is derived from "tiffing", an English colloquial term meaning to take a little drink. By 1867 it had become naturalised among [[Anglo-Indian]]s in northern British India to mean luncheon.<ref>{{harvnb|OED staff|2013|loc="tiffin, n."}}cites H. Wedgwood (1862) "''Tiffin'', now naturalised among Anglo-Indians in the sense of luncheon, is the North country tiffing (properly sipping)". See also {{harvnb|Wedgwood|1872|p=682}}.</ref>

==Current usage==
[[File:Mumbai Dabbawala or Tiffin Wallahs- 200,000 Tiffin Boxes Delivered Per Day.jpg|thumb|left|Two [[dabbawala]]s in [[Mumbai]] delivering meals packed in [[tiffin carrier]]s]]
In [[South India]] and in Nepal, tiffin is generally a snack between meals: [[dosa]]s, [[idli]]s, [[vada (food)|vada]]s etc.{{sfn|Hughes|Mookherjee|Delacy|2001|p=25}} In other parts of India, such as [[Mumbai]], the word mostly refers to a [[packed lunch]] of some sort.{{sfn|Harding|2002}} In Mumbai, it is often delivered to them by [[dabbawala]]s, sometimes known as ''tiffin wallahs'', who use a complex system to get thousands of [[tiffin carrier]]s to their destinations. In Mumbai, a school-going child's lunch box is fondly called a tiffin box.{{sfn|Thakker|2005}}

When used in place of the word "lunch", tiffin often consists of rice, [[lentils]], [[curry]], vegetables, [[chapati]]s or "spicy meats".{{sfn|Murray|2008|pp=85–108}} In addition, the [[lunch box]]es are themselves called [[tiffin carrier]]s, tiffin-boxes or just tiffins.

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==See also==
{{portal|Food|India}}
* ''[[Bento]]''
* ''[[Dosirak]]''
* [[Lunchbox]]
* [[Tiffin carrier]]
* [[Tiffin (confectionery)]]

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== Notes ==
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==References==
{{Wiktionary|tiffin}}
*{{Citation|last=Harding |first=Luke |date=29 October 2002 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/Archive/Article/0,4273,4447391,00.html |title=A Bombay lunchbox |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}
*{{Citation |last=Hughes |first=Martin |last2=Mookherjee | first2=Sheema |last3=Delacy |first3=Richard | year=2001 | title=India |edition=illustrated | publisher=Lonely Planet | isbn=978-1-86450-328-9 | page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=XWXGIQG5fMMC&pg=PA25 25]}}
*{{Citation |last=Murray |first=Sarah |year=2008 |title=Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat |edition=illustrated | publisher=Macmillan |isbn=978-0-312-42814-3 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=HqcwO2JfNsAC&pg=PA85 85]–108}}
*{{Citation|author=OED staff |year=2013 |title=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |chapter=tiffin, n. |chapter-url=http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/201890 |edition=online |publisher=[[Oxford University]]}}
*{{Citation |last=Quinion |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Quinion |date=2 September 2006 |orig-year=2003
|url=http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-tif1.htm |title=World Wide Words: Tiffin |publisher=worldwidewords.org}}
*{{Citation |last=Thakker |first=Pradip |date=11 November 2005 |url=http://www.sixsigmainstitute.com/news/sixsigma/2005/11/mumbais-amazing-dabbawalas.html |title=Bombay's amazing dabbawalas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209025804/http://www.sixsigmainstitute.com/news/sixsigma/2005/11/mumbais-amazing-dabbawalas.html | archive-date=9 February 2008}}
*{{Citation |last=Wedgwood |first=H. |year=1872 |title=A Dictionary of English Etymology |edition=second|page=[https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofengl00wedgrich#page/682/mode/1up 682]}}

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