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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A spicy North African sauce made from chili peppers, garlic, cumin, and other seasonings.

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  1. n. A North African spice mix, containing chillis, garlic and salt, used as both a condiment and an ingredient.
  2. n. A traditional Armenian dish similar to keşkek; a kind of homogeneous porridge made of previously stewed and boned chicken and coarsely ground soaked wheat.

Etymologies

  1. Apparently from Arabic  ("break into pieces").This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology. (Wiktionary)
  2. Arabic harīsa, dish of pounded meat and bulgur, from harasa, to pound; see hrs in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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