kurabiye
kurabiye noun: a cookie, particularly a sweet cookie (originally Middle Eastern, now also Turkish, Greek and Albanian), often made with almonds or hazelnuts.
Noun
kurabiye (plural kurabiyes)
- 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
- […] they tend to be given as gifts as well[,] hence one is usually eating someone else's kurabiyes and not one's own. The word itself is Arabic, as is the basic recipe though it has passed into the kitchen of Turks, Greeks, Armenians and Jews.1997, Esin Eden, Nicholas Stavroulakis, Salonika: A Family Cookbook, page 212
Forms of kurabiye
| plural | kurabiyes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kurabie |
| alternative form | ghorayebah |
| alternative form | ghraybeh |
| alternative form | kourabiedes |
| alternative form | kourabiethes |
Origin of kurabiye
Borrowed from Turkish kurabiye.
Questions about kurabiye
- What does kurabiye mean?
- Kurabiye means a cookie, particularly a sweet cookie (originally Middle Eastern, now also Turkish, Greek and Albanian), often made with almonds or hazelnuts.
- What part of speech is kurabiye?
- Kurabiye is a noun.
- What is the plural of kurabiye?
- The plural of kurabiye is kurabiyes.
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