How to say "knafeh" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningknafeh
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كُنَافَة
kunāfaכנאפה
كنافة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כנאפה
knafeكْنَافِي
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew כנאפה is a straight, recent loan of Arabic kunāfa — the shredded-pastry, cheese-and-syrup dessert associated above all with Nablus (kunāfa nābulsiyya), now a fixture on Israeli dessert menus under its Arabic name.
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In a phrase
كُنَافَة نَابُلْسِيَّة
kunāfa nābulsiyyaכנאפה נאבלסייהNabulsi knafeh