مشبك

See also: مسبك‎

Arabic

Etymology

From شَبَكَة‎ (šabaka, “net, grid”) within the root ش ب ك‎ (š-b-k).

The interpretation of the pastry as a kind of latticework,[1] though it have a griddy structure, is doubtful, since it would only work as a calque of half of the term in Indo-Aryan where there are words for “net” such as Hindi जाल (jāl), जाली (jālī), Marathi जाळें (jāḷẽ), Punjabi جال‎ (jāl). It may be instead from شَوْبَك‎ (šawbak, “rolling pin”).

Noun

مِشْبَك • (mišbak) m (plural مَشَابِك‎ (mašābik))

  1. clip, clamp, peg, brooch etc.
  2. synapse

Declension

Noun

مُشَبَّك • (mušabbak) m (plural مُشَبَّكَات‎ (mušabbakāt))

  1. plaiting, plaitwork, meshy cover
  2. synonym of زَلَابِيَّة‎ (zalābiyya, “a kind of fritter”)

Declension

References

  1. But so phantasized by Schwartz, Randy (2009), “Luqmat al-qādī: The Morsel that Went to the Ends of the Earth”, in Repast‎, volume 25, issue 1, page 9b as the original meaning of Classical Persian زلیبیا‎ (zalībiyā, zilībiyā)
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