saganaki

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various Greek dishes cooked in a small frying pan, especially an appetizer of pan-seared cheese.

Pronunciation

/ˌsɑɡəˈnɑki/ /ˌsæɡəˈnɑki/ /ˌsæɡəˈnɑːki/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-saganaki.wav

Word forms

saganaki

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek σαγανάκι (saganáki, literally “little frying pan”), diminutive form of σαγάνι (sagáni, “double-handled pan”), from Turkish sahan (“dish, pan”), from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

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