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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒubn/
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Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

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Noun

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جُبْن (jubnm

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

Etymology 3

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Noun

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جُبُن (jubunm pl

  1. plural of جَبِين (jabīn)

Etymology 4

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Verb

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جُبْنَ (jubna) (form I)

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

Etymology 5

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Verb

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جِبْنَ (jibna) (form I)

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

Etymology 6

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to be cowardly

Conjugation

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References

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  • 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[1] (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[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 263

Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic جُبْن (jubn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. cheese

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic جُبْن (jubn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جُبْن (jubn, cheese).

Noun

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جبن (cübn)

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ج ب ن
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic جُبْن (jubn).

Noun

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

  1. (uncountable) cheese