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ك ه ك

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses a variant pronunciation of the word for a type of baked good, specifically a biscuit or cake. It notes this variant as a dialectal usage, particularly associated with Egyptian Arabic.

Derived headwords

الكَهْكnoun
  1. 1.
    cake/biscuitboth

    A type of baked good, similar to a biscuit or cake. This is presented as a variant pronunciation of 'al-ka'k'.

الكَعْكnoun
  1. 1.
    cake/biscuitboth

    The standard or more common term for a type of baked good, similar to a biscuit or cake.

Parallel reading

الكهك بالهاء: لغة في الكعك
Al-kahk, with the 'ha', is a pronunciation variant of al-ka'k.
نقله أبو نصر الفراهي في كتاب نصاب البيان
Abu Nasr al-Farahi transmitted it in the book 'Nisab al-Bayan'.
وهي لغة مصرية
And it is an Egyptian dialect.