قنبريس

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Arabic

Etymology

Unknown. Formally similar to بَرْبَارِيس (barbārīs), so it could be a Berber loan.

Pronunciation

Noun

قَنْبَرِيس (qanbarīsm

  1. yoghurt drained of whey
    Synonym: شِيرَاز (šīrāz)
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح , edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 830 (fol. 71r,7–8), page 971:
      القنبريس، أخبرني غير واحد من أهل المشرق أنّه الشيراز.
      Al-Qanbarīs: more than one person from the eastern regions informed me that it is the same as šīrāz.
    • a. 1058, الشريف العقيلي, اليوم يا ذا الفخر والمجد:
      وَفَضلَةٌ مِن قَنبَريسِ لَها … فَضلٌ عَلى الشيرازِ وَالزُبدِ
      وَمَجمَعٌ يَجمَعُ ما يُشتَهى … مِن سَحَرٍ عَبَأتُهُ وَحدي
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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