جبن

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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/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

جُبْن (jubnm (collective, singulative جُبْنَة f (jubna), plural أَجْبَان (ʔajbān))

  1. cheese
Declension
Descendants
  • Afar: gúbni
  • Swahili: jibini

Etymology 2.1

Pronunciation

Verb

جَبُنَ (jabuna) I (non-past يَجْبُنُ (yajbunu), verbal noun جُبْن (jubn) or جَبَانَة (jabāna))

  1. to be cowardly

Conjugation

Etymology 2.2

Noun

جُبْن (jubnm

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

Etymology 3

Noun

جُبُن (jubunm pl

  1. plural of جَبِين (jabīn)

Etymology 4

Verb

جبن (form I)

  1. جُبْنَ (jubna) /d͡ʒub.na/: inflection of جَابَ (jāba):
    1. third-person feminine plural past active
    2. second-person feminine plural imperative
  2. جِبْنَ (jibna) /d͡ʒib.na/: third-person feminine plural past passive of جَابَ (jāba)

Etymology 5

Verb

جِبْنَ (jibna) (form I) /d͡ʒib.na/

  1. second-person feminine plural imperative of وَجَبَ (wajaba)

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 (jibinm (collective, singulative جبنة f (jibna), plural اجبان (ajbān))

  1. cheese

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جُبْن (jubn).

Pronunciation

Noun

جبُن or جبَن (jbun or jbanm (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

Descendants

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ب ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جُبْن (jubn).

Noun

جبن (jibnm (collective, singulative جبنة f (jibne), plural أجبان (ʔajbān))

  1. (uncountable) cheese