tagine

/ tæˈʒiːn /

noun

1. a large, heavy N African cooking pot with a conical lid
2. a N African stew with vegetables, olives, lemon, garlic and spices, cooked in a tagine

Word History and Origins

Origin of tagine¹

from Moroccan Arabic tažin , from Arabic tājun frying pan

Example Sentences

Somehow, at 9,000 feet above sea level, our cook, Brahim, had created a delicious tagine with fresh vegetables.

From The Daily Beast

The speciality was mutton tagine, softly braised in the tagine pot with peas, vegetables, and spices.

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Mutton Tagine in Zaita, Morocco This photo was taken at a tiny roadside town on the drive to Fez.

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