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Knafeh

2 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a Middle Eastern dessert of shredded pastry soaked in syrup, layered with sweet cheese
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knafeh
Arabic · medieval
"a shredded pastry cheese dessert"
a dessert of shredded pastry soaked in sweet syrup, layered with cheese
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knafeh
English · 1900s
"a sweet shredded pastry dessert layered with cheese"
adopted directly as Middle Eastern cuisine spread internationally
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