Escabeche

//ʔɛs.kɐˈbɛ.t͡ʃɛ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Spanish escabeche, from Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (assukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian *sḵbʾk' (*sikbāg) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)). Possibly related to ceviche. Doublet of sikbaj.

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