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You don't have to! You can just say it's imported from a language that doesn't use the Latin alphabet, so there's no canonically correct way to spell it.

It's probably a lie but it doesn't sound like one!



Though Arabic has quite a few letters you won't find in the Latin alphabet, all the letters in the word shakshukah map perfectly to Latin letters. But put an H on the end, and quarter-pronounce it.


The spelling still had to be romanized. The Wikipedia page has three different spellings for it, though none match yours.

I stand by my point.




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