tagin

1. pluralplural of tag (decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls)

plural tagins

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of tajine.

   While they were finishing an excellent fish tagin—fish and tomato stew with rice cooked in a clay pot—he listened to her fantastic story.

   2007, Gerhard Behrens, “The Second Ottoman Conquest of Egypt”, in The Janissary File: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 33

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   Vegetarian entrees include vegetable tagin, stuffed squash, and maklouba (mixed vegetables with rice and yogurt), and come with a choice of soup or one of four Middle Eastern salads [...].

   2005, Margaret Littman, “Restaurants [South Side]”, in Veg Out: Vegetarian Guide to Chicago, Layton, Ut.: Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 128

   Sometimes, in very densely populated urban areas in Egypt, one can still see children navigating their way through the labyrinthine maze of shops in the souk (marketplace) to bring their tagins to the bread baker.

   2011, Amy Riolo, “Egypt”, in Ken Albala, editor, Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia, volumes I (Africa and the Middle East), Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 54, column 2