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kesra

كسرة

/KES-ra/

English

round bread / broken bread

French

pain rond

Part of Speech

noun

Register

standard

Gender

feminine

Cultural Note

Thick round semolina bread, denser than khobz. Often baked in communal ovens (ferran).

Examples

Kesra skhuna mn lferran

كسرة سخونة من الفرّان

Hot kesra from the oven

Kesra chaude du four