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jalebi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌd͡ʒɐˈle(ː).bi(ː)/
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noun

Meaning 1

A sweet popular in the Indian subcontinent, made by deep-frying a maida flour batter and soaking it in sugar syrup.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Hindustani जलेबी / جلیبی (jalebī). Doublet of zalabiya.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زَلَابِيَة (zalābiya) — Translations
  • Arabic: شُبَّاكِيَّة (šubbākiyya) — Translations
  • Arabic: مِشَبٍك — Translations
  • Tunisian Arabic: زلابيه — Translations
  • Tunisian Arabic: زلبي — Translations
  • Assamese: জেলেপী (zelepi) — Translations
  • Azerbaijani: zülbiyə — Translations
  • Azerbaijani: jalebi — Translations
  • Bengali: জিলাপি (jilapi) — Translations
  • Bengali: জিলিপি (jilipi) — Translations
  • Bhojpuri: जीलेबी (jīlēbī) — Translations
  • Burmese: ဂျလေဘီ (gya.lebhi) — Translations
  • Catalan: zlabia — Translations
  • Catalan: zlebia — Translations
  • Catalan: zalabia — Translations
  • Dutch: jalebi — Translations
  • Finnish: jalebi — Translations
  • French: zlabia — Translations
  • French: zelabia — Translations
  • Gujarati: જલેબી (jalebī) — Translations
  • Harari: ሙሻበኽ (mušabäx) — Translations
  • Hindi: जलेबी (jalebī) — Translations
  • Italian: jalebi — Translations
  • Japanese: ジャレビ (jarebi) — Translations
  • Kannada: ಜಿಲೇಬಿ (jilēbi) — Translations
  • Korean: 잘레비 (jallebi) — Translations
  • Central Kurdish: زلابیە (zlabye) — Translations
  • Central Kurdish: زۆلبیا، (zolbya) — Translations
  • Southern Kurdish: زوولیبیلیا (zûlîbîlya) — Translations
  • Southern Kurdish: زوولبیا، (zûlibya) — Translations
  • Northern Luri: زلهیبی — Translations
  • Maithili: जलेबी (jalebī) — Translations
  • Malayalam: ജിലേബി (jilēbi) — Translations
  • Marathi: जिलबी (jilbī) — Translations
  • Marathi: जिलेबी (jilebī) — Translations
  • Mauritian Creole: moutaille — Translations
  • Mauritian Creole: gato moutaille — Translations
  • Nepali: जेरी (jerī) — Translations
  • Nepali: जुलेबी (julebī) — Translations
  • Nepali: जुल्पी (julpī) — Translations
  • Odia: ଜିଲାପି (jilāpi) — Translations
  • Pashto: ځلوبۍ (źəlobəi) — Translations
  • Persian: زولبیا (zulbiyâ) — Translations
  • Portuguese: jalebi — Translations
  • Punjabi: ਜਲੇਬੀ (jalebī) — Translations
  • Russian: джале́би (džalébi) — Translations
  • Sinhalese: පැණි වළලු (pæṇi waḷalu) — Translations
  • Somali: مُشَبَك — Translations
  • Spanish: yalebi — Translations
  • Sylheti: ꠎꠤꠟꠣꠙꠤ (zilafi) — Translations
  • Tajik: ҷалебӣ (jalebi) — Translations
  • Tamil: ஜிலேபி (jilēpi) — Translations
  • Telugu: జిలేబి (jilēbi) — Translations
  • Turkish: müşebbek — Translations
  • Turkish: zülbiye — Translations
  • Urdu: جَلیبی (jalebī) — Translations