See also: شبکیه

Arabic

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Etymology

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Relative noun (nisba) composed of شَبَكَة (šabaka, net, grid) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya) 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

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شَبَكِيّة (šabakiyyaf (plural شَبَكِيّات (šabakiyyāt))

  1. retina of the eye

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: şəbəkiyyə
  • Persian: شبکیه (šabakiye)

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شَبَّكِيّة (šabbakiyyaf (plural شَبَّكِيّات (šabbakiyyāt))

  1. synonym of زَلَابِيَّة (zalābiyya, a kind of fritter)

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