moghrabieh

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noun

Small dough balls in Levantine cuisine made from hand-rolled flour, resembling couscous but larger in diameter.

Similar
maftoul
OriginNorth Levantine Arabic مُغرَبِيِّة →
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Meanings

nounmoghrabieh (uncountable)

alternative moghrabiyeh

  1. uncountableSmall dough balls in Levantine cuisine made from hand-rolled flour, resembling couscous but larger in diameter.
  2. uncommonuncountableSmall dough balls, characteristically Palestinian, made from flour hand-rolled around a coarse grain like bulghur, semolina, or jareesh.

    Synonyms: maftoul

  3. uncountableA dish made using the above ingredient.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSmall dough balls, characteristically Palestinian, made from flour hand-rolled around a coarse grain like bulghur, semolina, or jareesh.

Similar
maftoul

Origin

  1. North Levantine Arabicمُغرَبِيِّة
  2. Englishmoghrabieh

Borrowed from North Levantine Arabic مُغرَبِيِّة (moḡrabiyye, noun, literally “Moroccan (thing)”), from the feminine of مُغْرَبِي (moḡrabi, “Moroccan”, adjective), the local vernacular cognate of Standard Arabic مَغْرِبِيّ (maḡribiyy, “Moroccan”).

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