sikbaj
Meanings
noun
- A dish of meat cooked or marinated in vinegar and often also honey, eaten since at least the sixth century and historically popular among Arabs and Persians.
Word forms
Etymology
From Arabic سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), Middle Persian [script needed] (*sḵbʾk' /*sikbāg/, literally “vinegar soup”). Doublet of escabeche.
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