Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of a variety of Middle Eastern biscuits and baked goods, usually sweet.
From Arabic كَعْك (kaʕk, “biscuit, cookie”) and Persian کاک (“biscuit, cookie, cake”). Likely a distant cognate with cake.
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