saraka

词形变化

sarakas 复数 sarakas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sweet, flat, and soft cake resembling mochi made with rice and a sweetener such as sugar and honey, originating from African American culture.

    My mother made me saraka for Christmas.

词源

From an unknown West African language, from Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa). Although owners of enslaved African Americans suppressed Islam, a small number of cultural practices originating from Islam persisted in the US. The West African tradition of giving rice cakes as charity (related to their practice of Islam) survived among various African Americans.

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