saraka

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noun

A sweet, flat, and soft cake resembling mochi made with rice and a sweetener such as sugar and honey, originating from African American culture.

“My mother made me saraka for Christmas.”

OriginArabic صَدَقَة →
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Meanings

nounsaraka (plural sarakas)

plural sarakas

  1. A sweet, flat, and soft cake resembling mochi made with rice and a sweetener such as sugar and honey, originating from African American culture.

    My mother made me saraka for Christmas.

    1 more example

    She make funny flat cake she call 'saraka.'

    1940, Mary Granger, “Sapelo Island”, in Drums and Shadows

Origin

  1. Arabicصَدَقَة
  2. Englishsaraka

From an unknown West African language, from Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa). Although owners of enslaved African Americans suppressed Islam, a small number of cultural practices originating from Islam persisted in the US. The West African tradition of giving rice cakes as charity (related to their practice of Islam) survived among various African Americans.

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Anagrams

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APA

saraka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saraka

MLA

“saraka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saraka. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saraka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saraka.

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