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مَعْكَرُونَة
macaroni (pasta) /maʕ.kaˈruː.na/
nounB2#4121 most common
Also: pasta
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ المَعْكَرُونَةَ.
I like macaroni.
أَكَلْنَا مَعْكَرُونَةً بِالجُبْنِ فِي العَشَاءِ.
We ate macaroni with cheese for dinner.
طَبَخَتْ أُمِّي مَعْكَرُونَةً لَذِيذَةً بِصَلْصَةِ الطَّمَاطِمِ.
My mother cooked delicious macaroni with tomato sauce.
تُعَدُّ المَعْكَرُونَةُ مِنَ الأَطْبَاقِ الشَّائِعَةِ فِي المَطَابِخِ الإِيطَالِيَّةِ وَالعَرَبِيَّةِ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ.
Macaroni is one of the common dishes in both Italian and Arab cuisines.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ أَنَّ المَعْكَرُونَةَ أَصْلُهَا إِيطَالِيٌّ، إِلَّا أَنَّهَا أَصْبَحَتْ طَبَقًا أَسَاسِيًّا عَلَى مَوَائِدِ كَثِيرٍ مِنَ العَائِلَاتِ العَرَبِيَّةِ.
Although macaroni originated in Italy, it has become a staple dish on the tables of many Arab families.
تَتَبَايَنُ وَصَفَاتُ المَعْكَرُونَةِ بِاخْتِلَافِ المَنَاطِقِ، إِذْ تُحَضَّرُ تَارَةً بِالفُرْنِ مَعَ البَشَامِيلِ وَتَارَةً أُخْرَى مَقْلِيَّةً عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ المِصْرِيَّةِ.
Pasta recipes vary by region: sometimes baked with béchamel, other times fried in the Egyptian style.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَعْكَرُونَةٌ | مَعْكَرُونَاتٌ |
| Genitive | مَعْكَرُونَةٍ | مَعْكَرُونَاتٍ |
| Accusative | مَعْكَرُونَةً | مَعْكَرُونَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا مَعْكَرُونَةُ | يَا مَعْكَرُونَاتُ |
Word family
مَعْكَرُونَةmacaroni, pasta
مَكَرُونَةmacaroni (Egyptian dialect spelling)
مَعْكَرُونَاتٌtypes or servings of pasta (rare plural use)
Etymology
The word entered Arabic as a direct borrowing from Italian maccheroni, the plural of maccherone. Italian traders and, later, wider Mediterranean food culture carried the term into Arabic-speaking regions along with the pasta itself. Arabic reshaped the foreign word by adding the feminine ending ة, turning it into an ordinary singular noun. The ultimate source of the Italian word is disputed and may trace to Greek, but that link is not firm enough to state as fact.
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