سكباج

Arabic

Alternative forms

• سِكْبَاجَة f (sikbāja)

Etymology

From Middle Persian *sḵbʾk' (/⁠*sikbāg⁠/) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)), a compound of [script needed] (sḵ /⁠sik⁠/, “vinegar”) + *bʾk' (/⁠bāg⁠/, “soup”) equivalent to Persian سک (sek, “vinegar”) + با (bâ, “soup”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sik.baːd͡ʒ/

Noun

سِكْبَاج • (sikbāj) m

1. sikbaj, a dish of meat which is cooked or marinated in vinegar, eaten since at least the sixth century

Declension

Declension of noun سِكْبَاج (sikbāj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِكْبَاج sikbāj	السِّكْبَاج as-sikbāj	سِكْبَاج sikbāj
Nominative	سِكْبَاجٌ sikbājun	السِّكْبَاجُ as-sikbāju	سِكْبَاجُ sikbāju
Accusative	سِكْبَاجًا sikbājan	السِّكْبَاجَ as-sikbāja	سِكْبَاجَ sikbāja
Genitive	سِكْبَاجٍ sikbājin	السِّكْبَاجِ as-sikbāji	سِكْبَاجِ sikbāji

Descendants

• → English: sikbaj
• → Spanish: escabeche
  • → Cebuano: eskabetse
  • → English: escabeche
• possibly → Spanish: cebiche, ceviche
  • → English: ceviche, cebiche
• → Persian: سکباج (sekbâj)

Further reading

• Maxime Rodinson, Arthur John Arberry, Charles Perry (2001) الطبيخ العربي في العصور الوسطى / Medieval Arab Cookery