See also: مسبك

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From شَبَكَة (šabaka, net, grid) 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 edit

مِشْبَك (mišbakm (plural مَشَابِك (mašābik))

  1. clip, clamp, peg, brooch etc.
  2. synapse

Declension edit

Noun edit

مُشَبَّك (mušabbakm (plural مُشَبَّكَات (mušabbakāt))

  1. plaiting, plaitwork, meshy cover
  2. synonym of زَلَابِيَّة (zalābiyya, a kind of fritter)

Declension edit

References edit

  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)