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noun
A kind of snack made from roasted chickpeas
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of lablabi (“a soup made from chickpeas, olive oil and stale bread”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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History
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.
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