Etymology

mujaddara

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Today it means: A traditional Middle Eastern dish of lentils cooked with rice or bulgur Full definition →

Arabic مُجَدَّرَة
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  1. Arabic · derived fromمُجَدَّرَة
  2. English todaymujaddara

From Arabic مُجَدَّرَة (mujaddara, literally “pockmarked”), because the lentils scattered through the grains of rice resemble pockmarks.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.