Etymograph

English

maqluba

Maqluba comes from Arabic قَلَبَ ‘to turn, to flip’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentقَلَبَqalaba‘to turn, to flip’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَقْلُوبَةliterally ‘upside down’
  3. Englishtodaymaqluba

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentقَلَبَqalaba‘to turn, to flip’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَقْلُوبَةliterally ‘upside down’
  3. Englishtodaymaqluba

The story

From Arabic مَقْلُوبَة (maqlūba, literally “upside down”), from the passive participle of the verb قَلَبَ (qalaba, “to turn, to flip”), named after the way the dish is served; variation in spelling reflects the different varieties of North Levantine Arabic or South Levantine Arabic the term has been borrowed from.

Every English word from Arabic قَلَبَ

Today it means

noun A traditional Levantine dish of meat, rice, and fried vegetables, cooked in a pot which is then flipped upside down prior to serving.

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Etymograph / Arabic قَلَبَ / maqluba

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