ful medames

noun

An originally Egyptian/Sudanese dish of cooked, mashed fava beans served with oil and spices (and sometimes other ingredients such as diced cucumbers and tomatoes), commonly eaten as a breakfast food, now also popular in neighbouring countries.

OriginArabic فُول مُدَمَّس ← Coptic ⲧⲱⲙⲥ →
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Meanings

nounful medames (uncountable)

alternative ful mudammas · alternative foul madames · alternative foule mudammas

  1. uncountableAn originally Egyptian/Sudanese dish of cooked, mashed fava beans served with oil and spices (and sometimes other ingredients such as diced cucumbers and tomatoes), commonly eaten as a breakfast food, now also popular in neighbouring countries.

Origin

  1. Arabicد م س“hidden, buried”
  2. Copticⲧⲱⲙⲥ“to bury”
  3. Arabicفُول مُدَمَّس
  4. Englishful medames

From Arabic فُول مُدَمَّس (fūl mudammas). The first part is فُول (fūl, “fava bean”); the second word is unlikely to be the Coptic word meaning “buried” Coptic ⲧⲱⲙⲥ (tōms, “to bury”) as has been claimed but rather the Arabic root Arabic د م س (d m s, “hidden, buried”, root).

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