maqluba

• makluba, maklouba, makloubeh, maqloubeh, maglouba

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.

• Rhymes: -uːbə

maqluba (uncountable)

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

• IPA^(key): /maʔˈluːba/

maqluba

1. feminine singular of maqlub