moussaka

moussaka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), from Turkish musakka, from Arabic مُسَقَّعَة‎ (musaqqaʿa, “chilled”). [1]

Noun

moussaka (countable and uncountable, plural moussakas)

1. A dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and béchamel sauce, baked in the oven.

Translations

baked dish

Arabic: مُسَقَّعَة‎ (musaqqaʿa) Armenian: մուսակա (hy) (musaka) Bulgarian: мусака f (musaka) Dutch: moussaka (nl) m Greek: μουσακάς (el) m (mousakás) Hebrew: מוסקה‎ (he) f Japanese: ムサカ (musaka) Macedonian: мусака f (musaka)

Polish: musaka (pl) f Portuguese: moussaka f, mussaca f Romanian: musaca (ro) Russian: муса́ка (ru) f (musáka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: муса̀ка f Roman: musàka (sh) f Turkish: musakka (tr)

References

1. "moussaka." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.

Further reading

• moussaka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mousakas

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mussaca

Noun

moussaka f (plural moussakas)

1. moussaka (baked dish of the Balkans and Turkey)