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ras el hanout

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
ras el hanout
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variable mixture of spices, found in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Arabic رَأْس اَلْحَانُوت (raʔs al-ḥānūt, literally “head of the shop”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: رَأْس اَلْحَانُوت

Usage

Inflected Forms

rass el hanout (alternative)

Questions

What does ras el hanout mean?
A variable mixture of spices, found in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Where does ras el hanout come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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