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maqluba

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -uːbə

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noun

Meaning 1

A traditional Levantine dish of meat, rice, and fried vegetables, cooked in a pot which is then flipped upside down prior to serving.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From Arabic مَقْلُوبَة (maqlūba, literally “upside down”), from the passive participle of the verb قَلَبَ (qalaba, “to turn, to flip”), named after the way the dish is served; variation in spelling reflects the different varieties of North Levantine Arabic or South Levantine Arabic the term has been borrowed from.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَقْلُوبَة (maqlūba) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Arabic: مقلوبة (maʔlūbe) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Arabic: مقلوبة (maʔlūbe) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬庫魯巴 /马库鲁巴 (mǎkùlǔbā) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • French: maqlouba — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Greek: μακλούμπα (makloúmpa) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Greek: μαγκλούμπα (magkloúmpa) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Hebrew: מַקְלוּבָּה (maklúba) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Japanese: マクルーバ (makurūba) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Korean: 마끌루바 (makkeulluba) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Persian: مقلوبه (maqluba) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Polish: makluba — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Russian: маклю́ба (makljúba) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Russian: маклю́бе (makljúbe) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Turkish: maklube — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Uzbek: maqluba — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables
  • Uzbek: мақлуба (maqluba) — Levantine dish of meat, rice and vegetables