Etymology

eggah

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Today it means: An Arab dish of eggs cooked in a pancake, bound to a meat or vegetable filling. Full definition →

Egyptian Arabic عِجّة ← Arabic عُجَّة
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  1. Arabic · derived fromعُجَّة
  2. Egyptian Arabic · borrowed fromعِجّة
  3. English todayeggah

From Egyptian Arabic عِجّة (ʕegga), from Arabic عُجَّة (ʕujja), from ع ج ج (ʕ j j) meaning "to be overcrowded or jammed pack", as the meal is typically packed or stuffed with chop-meat and/or various vegetable fillings.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.