qatayef

English

Alternative forms

• katayef

Etymology

From dialectal Arabic قَطَايِف (qaṭāyif), from قَطَائِف (qaṭāʔif).

Noun

qatayef pl (plural only)

1. Sweet dumplings filled with cream or nuts, traditionally served in Arab communities during Ramadan.
   • 2009 September 23, Anna Louie Sussman, “Yes, We Speak Cupcake”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     AS a young student at the multinational Aramco school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Fadi Jaber, a son of Palestinian refugees, always preferred his American classmates’ cupcakes, brownies and chocolate chip cookies to his mother’s pastries: knafah, qatayef and baklawah.