tagin

English

Etymology 1

From Hebrew.

Noun

tagin

1. plural of tag (decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls)

Etymology 2

Noun

tagin (plural tagins)

1. Alternative spelling of tajine
   • 2005, Margaret Littman, “Restaurants [South Side]”, in Veg Out: Vegetarian Guide to Chicago, Layton, Ut.: Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 128:

     Vegetarian entrees include vegetable tagin, stuffed squash, and maklouba (mixed vegetables with rice and yogurt), and come with a choice of soup or one of four Middle Eastern salads [...].

   • 2007, Gerhard Behrens, “The Second Ottoman Conquest of Egypt”, in The Janissary File: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 33:

     While they were finishing an excellent fish tagin—fish and tomato stew with rice cooked in a clay pot—he listened to her fantastic story.

   • 2011, Amy Riolo, “Egypt”, in Ken Albala, editor, Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia, volumes I (Africa and the Middle East), Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 54, column 2:

     Sometimes, in very densely populated urban areas in Egypt, one can still see children navigating their way through the labyrinthine maze of shops in the souk (marketplace) to bring their tagins to the bread baker.

Anagrams

• Giant, Ngāti, TA'ing, TAing, Taing, anti-g, giant, tangi, tiang, tinga

Finnish

Noun

tagin

1. genitive singular of tag
2. genitive singular of tagi