Lâpa
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". Lapa (Template:Langx) or lapas (Template:Langx) is a kind of rice porridge or gruel eaten in the Balkans, Levant, and Middle East. It is made of just rice, water, and salt and has the consistency of a thick soup.
In Greek cuisine, it is used as a remedy for diarrhea, served with lemon juice.[1]
Etymology
The dictionary of the Türk Dil Kurumu considers it a loanword from Pontic Greek ("Rumca").[2]
Robert Dankoff gives it an Armenian origin: լափ lap’ 'watery food for dogs, pap for babies'.[3]
See also
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Notes
- ↑ G. Babiniotis, Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας (1998)
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- ↑ Robert Dankoff, Armenian Loanwords in Turkish, Template:ISBN. p. 53 snippet