moussaka

English

Alternative forms

• mousaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), from Turkish musakka, from Arabic مُسَقَّعَة‎ (musaqqaʕa) or originally from Arabic مُصَقَّعَة‎ (muṣaqqaʕa), from the trilateral root ص ق ع‎ (ṣ-q-ʕ): “to hit, to pound, to smash”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːˈsɑːkə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːkə

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 (musaqqaʕa), مُصَقَّعَة‎ (muṣaqqaʕa)

  Hijazi Arabic: مُصَقَّعَة‎ f (muṣaggaʕa)

• 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)

Further reading

• moussaka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mousakas

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mussaca

Noun

moussaka f (plural moussakas)

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