Moussaka Definition
mo͝o-säkə, mo͝osä-kä
noun
A Greek dish consisting typically of sliced eggplant and ground meat arranged in layers, covered with a white sauce and cheese and baked.
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Noun
Singular:
moussaka
Plural:
moussakasOrigin of Moussaka
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Serbo-Croatian from Turkish musakka from colloquial Egyptian Arabic musaqqa‘a chilled, moussaka feminine passive participle of saqqa‘a to chill variant of ṭaqqa‘a from ṭaq‘a cold, frost from ṭaqi‘a to be white ṭqʕ in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), from Turkish musakka, from Arabic مسقعة"Ž (musáqqaÊ•a, “chilled").
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