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kurabie

kurabie is the alternative form of kurabiye.

Meaning of kurabiye

Noun

kurabiye (plural kurabiyes)

  1. (rare) A cookie, particularly a sweet cookie (originally Middle Eastern, now also Turkish, Greek and Albanian), often made with almonds or hazelnuts.
    • 'What a kurabiye, what a biscuit! Ha? Aren't you?' Gertjie freezes. Delican does the same, and they stay poised like this, reared like animals.1992, Antony Sher, The indoor boy, page 68

Origin of kurabie

From Arabic غُرَّبِيَّة (ḡurrabiyya), via Albanian kurabie.

Questions about kurabie

What is kurabie the alternative form of?
Kurabie is the alternative form of kurabiye.

Words near kurabie in the dictionary

  1. Kupʺjansʹk
  2. Kuqa
  3. Kur
  4. Kura
  5. kura clover
  6. kurabie
  7. kurabiye
  8. kurabiyes
  9. Kurachee
  10. Kuradhigan'du
  11. Kuraish

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