Etymology

mutabbal

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Today it means: A Middle Eastern dish of mashed roasted eggplant, tahini, salt, garlic, lemon and often yogurt, similar to baba ganoush but more spicy. Full definition →

Arabic متبل
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromمتبل
  2. English todaymutabbal

From Arabic متبل (literally “spiced”).

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