جِبْنِة (jibni) — "cheese" in Levantine Arabic

جِبْنِة

jíbni

cheese

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"cheese" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

جبنة

gibna

Moroccan Darija

فُرْماج

جِبْنِة in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

"هيك راح نغير جو، ونشوف البحر، ونجرب مناقيش الجبنة."

Heik rah nghayyir jaww, w nshouf el-bahr, w njareb manaqeesh el-jibneh.

"This way we will change atmosphere, and see the sea, and try cheese manakish."

from The Planned Summer Trip

أكلت مناقيش الجبنة وكانت كتير منيح.

Akalat manaqeesh el-jibneh w kaanat kteer mniih.

She ate cheese manakish and it was very good.

from An Old Map in Souq al-Hamidiyyeh

شربت شاي النعنع السخن، وأكلت مناقيش الجبنة الشهية.

Sherbet shay el-na'na' as-sokhon, w akalet manaqeesh el-jibneh ash-shahiyyeh.

She drank the hot mint tea, and ate delicious cheese manakish.

from The Difficult History Exam

كنت ماشي بالسوق وشميت ريحة مناقيش الجبنة

Kunt mashi bil-souq w shammeet reehet manaqeesh el-jibneh.

I was walking in the market and smelled the cheese manakish.

from A Chance Encounter

انا جوعان وبدي مناقيش جبنه زاكيه للحفلة

Ana jawaan w biddi manaqeesh jibneh zakyeh lil-hafle.

I am hungry and I want delicious cheese manakish for the party.

from Planning a Big Party

ممكن ناكل مناقيش جبنه زاكيه على الفطور هناك

Mumken nakol manaqeesh jibneh zakyeh alal-ftoor hnak.

Maybe we can eat delicious cheese manakish for breakfast there.

from The Weekend Trip

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