moussaka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), from Turkish musakka, from Arabic مُسَقَّعَة (musaqqaʕa, “chilled”).

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)
• 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)
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• 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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mussaca

Noun

moussaka f (plural moussakas)

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