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maqluba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
maqlu-ba
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Levantine dish of meat, rice, and fried vegetables, cooked in a pot which is then flipped upside down prior to serving.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Arabic مَقْلُوبَة (maqlūba, literally “upside down”), from the passive participle of the verb قَلَبَ (qalaba, “to turn, to flip”), named after the way the dish is served; variation in spelling reflects the different varieties of North Levantine Arabic or South Levantine Arabic the term has been borrowed from.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: مَقْلُوبَة, -, ق ل ب

Usage

Inflected Forms

makluba (alternative) maklouba (alternative) makloubeh (alternative) maqloubeh (alternative) maglouba (alternative)

Rhymes With

cuba scuba aruba tuba tsuba booba

Questions

What does maqluba mean?
A traditional Levantine dish of meat, rice, and fried vegetables, cooked in a pot which is then flipped upside down prior to serving.
Where does maqluba come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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