kubaneh

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noun

A traditional Yemenite Jewish pull-apart yeast bread.

OriginHebrew כובאנה ← Yemeni Arabic كبانة →
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Meanings

nounkubaneh (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA traditional Yemenite Jewish pull-apart yeast bread.

    As a child, he made kubaneh, a Yemenite-Jewish yeast bread, with his mother, whose father was a baker for the Moroccan king.

    2015 October 22, Ligaya Mishan, “At Timna, the Middle East Visits the East Village”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Yemeni Arabicكبانة
  2. Hebrewכובאנה
  3. Englishkubaneh

Borrowed from Hebrew כובאנה, from Yemeni Arabic كبانة.

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APA

kubaneh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kubaneh

MLA

“kubaneh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kubaneh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kubaneh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kubaneh.

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