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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Other Word Forms of Moussaka

Noun

Singular:
moussaka
Plural:
moussakas

Origin of Moussaka

  • 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

  • Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), from Turkish musakka, from Arabic مسقعة"Ž (musáqqaÊ•a, “chilled").

    From Wiktionary

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