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Where does “مفلفل” come from?

مفلفل (Arabic) comes from Arabic فَلْفَلَ — to put pepper on.

مفلفل (Arabic): peppered

Definitions

  1. peppered

Ancestry of “مفلفل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفَلْفَلَto put pepper on
Every word from Arabic فَلْفَلَ →