كحْك — "kahk (shortbread stuffed with dates and nuts)" in Egyptian Arabic
كحْك
kaɧk
kahk (shortbread stuffed with dates and nuts)
- Topic
- food and drink
- Seen in
- 4 of our stories
كحْك in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
أمي عملت كحك حلو أوي وكلناه مع الشاي.
omy amalet kahk helw awy wa kalnah maa el shay.
My mom made very delicious kahk and we ate it with tea.
لما دخلت شمت ريحة كحك سخن وقهوة مظبوطة مالية المكان
Lamma dakhalet shammet rīḥet kaḥk sokhn w qahwa maẓboota malya el-makān.
When I entered, I smelled the scent of hot kahk and perfectly brewed coffee filling the place.
from A Visit to My Aunt
بعدين اكلنا كحك حلو كتير
Ba'dein aklna kahk helw keteer.
Then we ate a lot of sweet kahk.
from A Visit to My Aunt
شربنا شاي اكلنا كحك وقضيت معاها وقت جميل قبل ما امشي
Sheribnā shāy akalnā kaḥk w qaḍḍēt maʿāhā waqt gamīl qabl mā amshī
We drank tea, ate kahk, and I spent a beautiful time with her before I left
from A Visit to My Aunt