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
  • Afar: gúbni
  • 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

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪbɪn/

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), paucal جُبنات (jubnāt) or جَبنات (jabnāt), plural جبان (jbān))

  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
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جُبْن (jubn).

Noun

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

  1. (uncountable) cheese
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