Arabic

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Etymology

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Uncertain, resembles Italian fettuccia (little band), from which the similar pasta fettuccine.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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فِدَاوِش (fidāwišm

  1. (al-Andalus, Morocco, Algeria) a sort of long, thin noodles

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: fdewxa
  • Catalan: fideu
  • Galician: fideo
  • Portuguese: fideu
  • Spanish: fideo

References

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  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 950
  • Corriente, Federico (2008) “fideu”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 303a