Etymology

saganaki

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Today it means: Any of various Greek dishes cooked in a small frying pan, especially an appetizer of pan-seared cheese. Full definition →

Greek σαγανάκι ← Turkish sahan ← Arabic صَحْن
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  1. Arabic · derived fromصَحْن
  2. Turkish · derived fromsahan“dish, pan”
  3. Greek · borrowed fromσαγανάκι
  4. English todaysaganaki

Borrowed from Greek σαγανάκι (saganáki, literally “little frying pan”), diminutive form of σαγάνι (sagáni, “double-handled pan”), from Turkish sahan (“dish, pan”), from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

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