tokhme morgh shabāti

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tokhme morgh shabāti (TOKH-meh MORGH sha-ba-TEE) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A Persian Shabbat morning meal of hard-boiled eggs.

Example Sentences

  • "The longer you soak the eggs in the tea, the better your tokhme morgh shabāti will taste."

  • "Fried zucchini and eggplant, tokhmemorgh shabbati (hardboiled eggs), different kookoos (egg frittatas), fresh sangak bread and sabzi khordan (fresh herbs) were all on the table no matter how many other dishes were prepared." (Sephardic Heritage Cookbook: Ottoman, Persian, Moroccan, Egyptian Recipes and More by Sephardic Temple Or Chadash Sisterhood)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Persian

Etymology

  • Pers. tokhme morgh 'egg,' (lit. seed of chicken) TH שבת Shabbat 'Sabbath'

      • Who Uses This

      • Persian: Jews with recent ancestry in Iran

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      tokhm-e morgh shabāti, tohme morgh shabāti, tokhmemorgh shabāti, tokhmemorgh shabati, tochmemorgh shabati, tochmemorgh shabbati, tokhmemorgh shabbati, tokhme morgh shabati, tochme morgh shabbati, tochme morgh shabati

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