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dukkah

dukkah noun: an Egyptian dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and Middle Eastern spices, usually eaten by dipping bread into olive oil and then into the mixture.

Noun

dukkah (uncountable)

  1. An Egyptian dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and Middle Eastern spices, usually eaten by dipping bread into olive oil and then into the mixture.
    • A somewhat nuttier, less spice-driven dukkah blend is made by Juliet Mae Fine Spices & Herbs in San Francisco, $7 for 1.5 ounces from julietmae.com .2009 March 4, Florence Fabricant, “Global Flavors Bring a New Zing to the Table”, in New York Times

dukkah meaning in Arabic

dukkah in Arabic

a dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and Middle Eastern spices
دُقَّة duqqa

Forms of dukkah

alternative formdokka
alternative formduqqa

Origin of dukkah

From Arabic دُقَّة (duqqa, “powder, fine dust”).

Questions about dukkah

What does dukkah mean?
Dukkah means an Egyptian dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and Middle Eastern spices, usually eaten by dipping bread into olive oil and then into the mixture.
What is dukkah in Arabic?
Dukkah in Arabic is دُقَّة (duqqa). See Dukkah meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is dukkah?
Dukkah is a noun.

Words near dukkah in the dictionary

  1. duking
  2. duking in
  3. duking it out
  4. duking out
  5. duking up
  6. dukkah
  7. dukkeripen
  8. dukkha
  9. dukkhas
  10. Duklja
  11. duku

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