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saganaki.

Any of various Greek dishes cooked in a small frying pan, especially an appetizer of pan-seared cheese.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌsɑɡəˈnɑki/General-American/ˌsæɡəˈnɑki/General-American/ˌsæɡəˈnɑːki/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Any of various Greek dishes cooked in a small frying pan, especially an appetizer of pan-seared cheese.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Greek σαγανάκι (saganáki, literally “little frying pan”), diminutive form of σαγάνι (sagáni, “double-handled pan”), from Turkish sahan (“dish, pan”), from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

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