saganaki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek σαγανάκι (saganáki, literally “little frying pan”), diminutive form of σαγάνι (sagáni, “double-handled pan”), from Turkish sahan (“dish, pan”), from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

cheese saganaki

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɑɡəˈnɑki/, /ˌsæɡəˈnɑki/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsæɡəˈnɑːki/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

saganaki (uncountable)

1. Any of various Greek dishes cooked in a small frying pan, especially an appetizer of pan-seared cheese.
   • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 1:

     We had discovered a mutual appreciation for saganaki, that artery busting, salt laden, fried goat's cheese.

Translations

a Greek dish cooked in a frying pan, espescially a cheese appetizer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 油炸奶酪 (yóuzhá nǎilào)

• Finnish: saganaki
• German: Saganaki (de) m or n
• Greek: σαγανάκι (el) n (saganáki)
• Japanese: サガナキ (saganaki)
• Korean: 사가나키 (saganaki)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: сагана́ки ? (saganáki)

Further reading

• saganaki on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gianakas, Nagasaki, nagaikas

Japanese

Romanization

saganaki

1. Rōmaji transcription of サガナキ