لبن

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Semitic *laban-, from the root ل ب ن (l-b-n). Cognate to Hebrew לָבָן (laván, white), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎁𐎐 (lbn), and Phoenician 𐤋𐤁𐤍 (lbn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ban/

Noun

لَبَن (laban) m (plural أَلْبَان (ʔalbān) or لِبَان (libān))

  1. (uncountable) milk
    لَا تَأْكُلِ السَّمَكَ وَتَشْرَبَ اللَّبَنَ
    lā taʔkuli s-samaka watašraba al-labana
    Do not eat fish and drink milk at the same time.
  2. (uncountable, Levantine, Iraq, Peninsula) coagulated sour milk, yogurt, often being strained yogurt in particular, so-called “leban
    Synonyms: زَبَادِيّ (zabādiyy) (the original Egyptian word formed from زِبْدَة (zibda, butter)), لَبَن رَائِب (laban rāʔib) (specified to avoid confusion), رَوْب (rawb) (strictly curdled milk), مَاسْت (māst) (Classical Arabic)
  3. (uncountable, Kuwait) coagulated milk drink specifically (i.e. excluding yoghurt); yoghurt drink.
  4. اَلْأَلْبَان (al-ʔalbān): dairy products
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: لِبَن (liban)
  • Iraqi Arabic: لِبَن (liban)

Etymology 2

As Hebrew לְבֵנָה (ləḇenā́, brick) borrowed from Aramaic לְבִינְּתָּא (ləḇinṯā, ləḇittā) (written in Classical Syriac ܠܒܬܐ (ləḇettā)), from Akkadian 𒋞 (SIG4 /libittu/), whence also Ugaritic 𐎍𐎁𐎐𐎚 (lbnt), from the root in Akkadian corresponding to ل ب ن (l-b-n), apparently the singulative in Arabic came first.

Noun

لِبْن or لَبِن (libn or labin) m (collective, singulative لِبْنَة f (libna) or لَبِنَة (labina))

  1. bricks, adobes
Declension

Etymology 3

Denominal verb of لَبِن (labin, brick).

Verb

لَبَّنَ (labbana) II, non-past يُلَبِّنُ‎ (yulabbinu)

  1. to make brick
Conjugation

References

  • lbnh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 4–5
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 66

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَبَن (laban).

Pronunciation

Noun

لبن (liban) m

  1. (uncountable) leban, coagulated sour milk; yogurt drink

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَبَن (laban).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ban/, [ˈla.ban]
  • (file)

Noun

لبن (laban) m

  1. leban, coagulated sour milk
  2. yogurt
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