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كعك

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

The root كعك primarily relates to a type of bread or baked good. It is often described as hard or dry, and its origin is considered Persian.

Derived headwords

الكَعْكnoun
  1. 1.
    hard breadboth

    Dry, hard bread. It is also said to be a type of bread of Persian origin, which has been Arabized.

كَعْكnoun
  1. 1.
    Persian breadclassical

    A type of bread, considered to be of Persian origin and Arabized.

Parallel reading

الكعك: الخبز اليابس
Al-ka'k: the hard bread.
وقيل: الكعك خبز، فارسي معرب
And it was said: Al-ka'k is bread, Persian and Arabized.
يا حبذا الكعك بلحم مثرود
How good is the ka'k with throuded meat.
وخشكنان بسويق مقنود
And khashkanan with qanid flour.