Meaning of qatayef | Babel Free

Definitions

Sweet dumplings filled with cream or nuts, traditionally served in Arab communities during Ramadan.

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“AS a young student at the multinational Aramco school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Fadi Jaber, a son of Palestinian refugees, always preferred his American classmates’ cupcakes, brownies and chocolate chip cookies to his mother’s pastries: knafah, qatayef and baklawah.”

CEFR level