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faki

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Lentils that people cook and eat in Greek cooking

noun

: lenteja

In Greece, faki is a popular ingredient in many traditional dishes.

Examples

He added cooked faki to his salad for extra protein.
I love to eat faki with rice.
She made a delicious soup with faki and fresh vegetables.
Have you tried faki in your salad?
In Greece, faki is a popular ingredient in many traditional dishes.
He added cooked faki to his salad for extra protein.
She made a delicious soup with faki and fresh vegetables.

Synonyms

lentil

vsfaki

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A small round seed that you cook and eat, often in soup or stew

is used especially in Mediterranean cooking

Surface Forms

faki singular

fakis plural

Etymology

Faki comes from the Greek word φακή, which means 'lentil'. So faki can also mean the lentils themselves used in cooking, and you can remember it simply as the Greek word for 'lentil'.