shifteh

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Definitions

  • n. Meatballs mixed with bulgur wheat boiled with turmeric.

Example Sentences

  • "My grandparents brought wooden fruit crates packed with my grandmother’s big pots of rice and stews, her Israeli salad, her grated carrot and orange salad, pita and lots of fresh fruit. And the most delicious shifte kebab, ground beef flavored with subtle spices and studded with chopped onion and flecks of green parsley." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Kurdish

Etymology

  • شفتە

      • Who Uses This

      • Kurdistan: Jews with ancestry in the Kurdish region of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      shifta, shifte, shefte, shefteh

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