"harissa" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /həˈɹɪsə/, /həˈɹiːsə/ Forms: harissas [plural]
Etymology: From Armenian հարիսա (harisa), ultimately from Arabic هَرِيسَة (harīsa) and originally identical to Etymology 2 below. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hy|հարիսա|}} Armenian հարիսա (harisa), {{der|en|ar|هَرِيسَة}} Arabic هَرِيسَة (harīsa), {{root|en|ar|ه ر س}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} harissa (countable and uncountable, plural harissas)
  1. A traditional Armenian dish; a kind of homogeneous porridge made of previously stewed and boned chicken and coarsely ground soaked wheat. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Condiments, Foods, Seasonings Translations (Armenian dish): հարիսա (harisa) (Armenian), ჰარისა (harisa) (Georgian), გიშრაფეთი (gišrapeti) (Georgian), Harissa [feminine] (German), هریسه (harise) (Persian), harissa [feminine] (Polish), ҳалиса (halisa) (Tajik)
    Sense id: en-harissa-en-noun-sLjylovu Disambiguation of Condiments: 59 41 Disambiguation of Foods: 63 37 Disambiguation of Seasonings: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 72 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /həˈɹɪsə/, /həˈɹiːsə/
Etymology: From Arabic هَرِيسَة (harīsa). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|هَرِيسَة}} Arabic هَرِيسَة (harīsa), {{root|en|ar|ه ر س}} Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} harissa (uncountable)
  1. A North African spice mix, containing chillis, garlic and salt, used as both a condiment and an ingredient. Tags: uncountable Translations (spice mix): هَرِيسَة (harīsa) [feminine] (Arabic), harissa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-harissa-en-noun-e~aQaPCq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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