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harissa.

A North African spice mix, containing chillis, garlic and salt, used as both a condiment and an ingredient.

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Meaning & usage

noun/həˈɹɪsə//həˈɹiːsə/
  1. A North African spice mix, containing chillis, garlic and salt, used as both a condiment and an ingredient.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Arabic هَرِيسَة (harīsa).

noun/həˈɹɪsə//həˈɹiːsə/
  1. A traditional Armenian dish: a kind of porridge made of previously stewed and boned chicken and coarsely ground soaked wheat.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Armenian հարիսա (harisa), ultimately from Arabic هَرِيسَة (harīsa) and originally identical to Etymology 1 above.

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