ku·nef·e 
(k-nĕfə) also kna·feh (knäfə)
(k-nĕfə) also kna·feh (knäfə)n.
A sweet dish of Middle Eastern origin consisting of a layer of cheese baked between two layers of crispy pastry threads and drizzled with perfumed sugar syrup.
[Arabic kunāfa and Turkish künefe (Turkish, from Arabic), from Arabic kanafa, to flank, surround, provide with an enclosure; see knp in Semitic roots.]