Etymology

kaak

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Today it means: Any of a variety of Middle Eastern biscuits and baked goods, usually sweet. Full definition →

Arabic كَعْك ← Persian کاک
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The story

  1. Persian · borrowed fromکاک“biscuit, cookie, cake”
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromكَعْك“biscuit, cookie”
  3. English todaykaak

From Arabic كَعْك (kaʕk, “biscuit, cookie”) and Persian کاک (“biscuit, cookie, cake”). Likely a distant cognate with cake.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.