The story
- Arabic · derived fromلَبْلَابِيّ“chickpea stew”
- Turkish · borrowed fromleblebi
- Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromلبلبی“roasted chickpea; jumbled or mashed chickpea”
- English todayleblebi
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.