chebbakia شبّاكية

Moroccan Darija · noun

“chebbakia” (شبّاكية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning chebbakia, honey-and-sesame fried pastry.

Meanings

1. chebbakia, honey-and-sesame fried pastry

Usage

Chebbakia is a Moroccan pastry: dough cut and folded into a flower shape, fried, dipped in honey, then sprinkled with sesame. It is inseparable from Ramadan, when it is served at ftour with harira and dates. It is made in large quantities, often as a family, in the days before the month begins. The word is almost always used collectively, without an article: "chrina chebbakia". In English, the word is generally kept as is.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chebbakia” but also “chbakia”, “chbbakia”, “chbakiya” and “chebakia”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “chebbakia” on the Arabic keyboard