kurabie

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A form of kurabiye — A cookie, particularly a sweet cookie (originally Middle Eastern, now also Turkish, Greek and Albanian), often made with almonds or hazelnuts.

OriginArabic غُرَّبِيَّة ← Albanian kurabie →
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Meanings

nounkurabie (plural not attested)
  1. alternativeno pluralAlternative form of kurabiye.

    These traditional foods include barbecued roast lamb; spinach; leek- or squash-filled pies (lakror); and pastries such as kurabie, brushtull, and baklava.

    1997, David Levinson, Melvin Ember, American immigrant cultures: builders of a nation, →ISBN, page 30
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    It suddenly occurred to me that there are periods of glut at which obligations are repaid (shortbread-like sweet cakes, kurabies, at New Year, sausages and meat in November, cheeses in Lent, etc.)

    2001, Greek Island Life: Fieldwork on Anafi, →ISBN, page 63

Origin

  1. Albaniankurabie
  2. Arabicغُرَّبِيَّة
  3. Englishkurabie

From Arabic غُرَّبِيَّة (ḡurrabiyya), via Albanian kurabie.

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APA

kurabie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kurabie

MLA

“kurabie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kurabie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kurabie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kurabie.

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