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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A spicy North African sauce made from chili peppers, garlic, cumin, and other seasonings.

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  • noun A traditional Armenian dish similar to keşkek; a kind of homogeneous porridge made of previously stewed and boned chicken and coarsely ground soaked wheat.
  • noun A North African spice mix, containing chillis, garlic and salt, used as both a condiment and an ingredient.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Arabic harīsa, dish of pounded meat and bulgur, from harasa, to pound; see hrs in Semitic roots.]

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Apparently from Arabic  ("break into pieces").This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

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