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leblebi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
leblebi
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of snack made from roasted chickpeas

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of lablabi (“a soup made from chickpeas, olive oil and stale bread”).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لبلبی (leblebi, “roasted chickpea; jumbled or mashed chickpea”) and Modern Turkish leblebi from Arabic لَبْلَابِيّ (lablābiyy, “chickpea stew”), and directly from Arabic لَبْلَابِيّ (lablābiyy) for Arabic dishes but then more properly spelled lablabi.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: لبلبی, leblebi, لَبْلَابِيّ

Usage

Inflected Forms

leblebis (plural)

Questions

What does leblebi mean?
A kind of snack made from roasted chickpeas
Where does leblebi come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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