The story
- Arabic · borrowed fromمُلُوخِيَّة
- English todaymulukhiyah
From Arabic مُلُوخِيَّة (mulūḵiyya).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Corchorus species, particularly jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius), used as a vegetable in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, which can be boiled into a mucilaginous broth. Full definition →
From Arabic مُلُوخِيَّة (mulūḵiyya).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.