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zaalouk

zaalouk noun: a Moroccan eggplant salad.

zaalouk: a Moroccan eggplant salad
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Noun

zaalouk (uncountable)

  1. A Moroccan eggplant salad.
    • This recipe is my version of the famous aubergine and tomato salad called zaalouk, one of the best of all cooked Moroccan salads. Utterly delicious on slices of warm Berber Griddle Breads (page 110), zaalouk will keep for several days in the refrigerator, getting better and better.2012, Paula Wolfert, The Food of Morocco

Forms of zaalouk

alternative formzalouk

Origin of zaalouk

Borrowed from Arabic زَعْلُوك (zaʕlūk).

Questions about zaalouk

What does zaalouk mean?
Zaalouk means a Moroccan eggplant salad.
What part of speech is zaalouk?
Zaalouk is a noun.

Words near zaalouk in the dictionary

  1. z/OS
  2. za
  3. za'atar
  4. za'tar
  5. zaa
  6. zaalouk
  7. Zaanstad
  8. zaar
  9. Zaara
  10. zaas
  11. zaatar

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