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mansaf

mansaf noun: a dish of lamb, rice and dried yogurt, popular in Jordan, the Levant, and Arab countries of the Persian Gulf.

Noun

mansaf (uncountable)

  1. A dish of lamb, rice and dried yogurt, popular in Jordan, the Levant, and Arab countries of the Persian Gulf.

Origin of mansaf

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْسَف (mansaf).

Questions about mansaf

What does mansaf mean?
Mansaf means a dish of lamb, rice and dried yogurt, popular in Jordan, the Levant, and Arab countries of the Persian Gulf.
What part of speech is mansaf?
Mansaf is a noun.

Words near mansaf in the dictionary

  1. mans the fort
  2. mans up
  3. mansa
  4. mansabdar
  5. mansabdars
  6. mansaf
  7. Mansalay
  8. Mansaray
  9. Mansarays
  10. mansard
  11. mansard roof

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