tharid

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noun

A traditional Arab dish of pieces of bread in a vegetable or meat broth, consumed especially during Ramadan, said to have been the favourite food of the prophet Muhammad.

OriginArabic ثَرِيد →
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Meanings

nountharid (countable and uncountable, plural tharids)

plural tharids

  1. countableuncountableA traditional Arab dish of pieces of bread in a vegetable or meat broth, consumed especially during Ramadan, said to have been the favourite food of the prophet Muhammad.

    Most modern tharids involve alternating layers of stew and flatbread. [...] In the Middle Ages, very elegant tharids were made.

    2014, Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 818

Origin

  1. Arabicثَرِيد
  2. Englishtharid

Borrowed from Arabic ثَرِيد (ṯarīd). Compare Portuguese açorda.

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Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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