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كربوجة

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كرپیچ (kerpiç, unbaked brick) comparing the raw states of bricks and this pastry, in the form كَرْبِيج (karbīj), then using كَرَابِيج (karābīj) as a plurale tantum, then back-forming كَرْبُوجَة (karbūja), كَرْبُوج (karbūj).

Noun

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كَرْبُوجَة (karbūjaf (singulative, collective كَرْبُوج m (karbūj) or كَرْبِيج (karbīj), plural كَرَابِيج (karābīj))

  1. (Syria) A sort of hard, plum-sized cookie, normally made with semolina and nuts

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