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zurbiyan

zurbiyan noun: a Yemeni rice dish with meat (usually chicken or lamb), vegetable sauce, and spices.

Noun

zurbiyan (uncountable)

  1. A Yemeni rice dish with meat (usually chicken or lamb), vegetable sauce, and spices.

Forms of zurbiyan

alternative formzurbian
alternative formzorbian
alternative formzorbiyan
alternative formzurbiyaan

Origin of zurbiyan

Borrowed from Arabic زربيان (“zorbiyaan”).

Questions about zurbiyan

What does zurbiyan mean?
Zurbiyan means a Yemeni rice dish with meat (usually chicken or lamb), vegetable sauce, and spices.
What part of speech is zurbiyan?
Zurbiyan is a noun.

Words near zurbiyan in the dictionary

  1. zuranolone
  2. Zuravel
  3. Zurawski
  4. Zurawskis
  5. Zurayq
  6. zurbiyan
  7. Zurbuchen
  8. Zurcher
  9. Zurchers
  10. Zureiq
  11. zurek

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