Definitions

  • n. A Persian whole wheat leavened flatbread.

Example Sentences

  • "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)

Languages of Origin

  • Persian

Etymology

  • سنگک, lit. 'little stone'

    • Who Uses This

      • Persian: Jews with recent ancestry in Iran

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

Notes


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