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mujaddara

/muˈd͡ʒɑdəɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mu-jad-dara
IPA
/muˈd͡ʒɑdəɹə/
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Middle Eastern dish of lentils cooked with rice or bulgur

Uncountable

Etymology

From Arabic مُجَدَّرَة (mujaddara, literally “pockmarked”), because the lentils scattered through the grains of rice resemble pockmarks.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /muˈd͡ʒɑdəɹə/
  • British English: /muːˈd͡ʒædəɹə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mujadara (alternative) mujadra (alternative) moujadara (alternative) mejadra (alternative) majadra (alternative) mjadera (alternative) megadarra (alternative)

Synonyms

mudardara

Questions

How do you pronounce mujaddara?
The recorded pronunciation is /muˈd͡ʒɑdəɹə/.
What does mujaddara mean?
A traditional Middle Eastern dish of lentils cooked with rice or bulgur
Where does mujaddara come from?
From Arabic مُجَدَّرَة (mujaddara, literally “pockmarked”), because the lentils scattered through the grains of rice resemble pockmarks.

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