جبن

See also: ختن‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج ب ن‎ (j-b-n) related with ductile, coward and pusillanimous things. Compare Hebrew גְּבִינָה‎ (g'viná, “cheese”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒubn/
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Noun

جُبْن • (jubn) m (collective, singulative جُبْنَة‎ f (jubna), plural أَجْبَان‎ (ʔajbān))

  1. cheese
Declension
Descendants
  • → Swahili: jibini

Noun

جُبْن • (jubn) m

  1. verbal noun of جَبَنَ (jabana)
  2. verbal noun of جَبُنَ (jabuna)
  3. cowardice

Noun

جُبُن • (jubun) m pl

  1. plural of جَبِين‎ (jabīn)

Verb

جُبْنَ • (jubna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of جَابَ‎ (jāba)
  2. third-person feminine plural past active of جَابَ‎ (jāba)

Verb

جِبْنَ • (jibna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of وَجَبَ‎ (wajaba)
  2. third-person feminine plural past passive of جَابَ‎ (jāba)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.bu.na/

Verb

جَبُنَ • (jabuna) I, non-past يَجْبُنُ‎‎ (yajbunu)

  1. to be cowardly

Conjugation

References

  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “جبن”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Corriente, Federico (2005), “جبن”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 146
  • Freytag, Georg (1830), “جبن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 263

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جُبْن‎ (jubn).

Pronunciation

Noun

جبن • (jibin) m (collective, singulative جبنة‎ f (jibna), plural اجبان‎ (ajbān))

  1. cheese

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جُبْن‎ (jubn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒbun/, /ʒban/

Noun

جبُن or جبَن • (jbun or jban) m (collective, singulative جُبنة‎ f (jubna) or جبنة‎ f (jabna), plural جبان‎ (jbān), paucal جُبنات‎ (jubnāt) or جَبنات‎ (jabnāt))

  1. cheese
    Synonym: فرماج‎ (furmāj)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُبْن‎ (jubn, “cheese”).

Noun

جبن • (cübn)

  1. cheese, a dairy product made from curdled milk
    Synonym: پنیر‎ (penir)

Derived terms

  • جبنی‎ (cübni, “pertaining to cheese”)
  • حامض جبن‎ (hamız-ı cübn, “caseic acid”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: cübn

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ب ن‎

Etymology

From Arabic جُبْن‎ (jubn).

Noun

جبن • (jibn) m (collective, singulative جبنة‎ f (jibne), plural أجبان‎ (ʔajbān))

  1. (uncountable) cheese
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