# جبن
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From the root ج ب ن (j b n) related with ductile, coward and pusillanimous things. Compare Hebrew גְּבִינָה (g'viná, “cheese”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒubn/

#### Noun

جُبْن • (jubn) m (collective, singulative جُبْنَة f (jubna), plural أَجْبَان (ʔajbān))
* cheese

##### Descendants

* → Afar: gúbni
* → Swahili: jibini

### Etymology 2.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒa.bu.na/

#### Verb

جَبُنَ • (jabuna) I (non-past يَجْبُنُ (yajbunu), verbal noun جُبْن (jubn) or جَبَانَة (jabāna))
* to be cowardly

### Etymology 2.2
#### Noun

جُبْن • (jubn) m
* verbal noun of جَبَنَ (jabana)
* verbal noun of جَبُنَ (jabuna)
* cowardice

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

جُبُن • (jubun) m pl
* plural of جَبِين (jabīn)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

جبن (form I)
* جُبْنَ (jubna) /d͡ʒub.na/: inflection of جَابَ (jāba):
** third-person feminine plural past active
** second-person feminine plural imperative
* جِبْنَ (jibna) /d͡ʒib.na/: third-person feminine plural past passive of جَابَ (jāba)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

جِبْنَ • (jibna) (form I) /d͡ʒib.na/
* second-person feminine plural imperative of وَجَبَ (wajaba)

### References

* Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “جبن”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
* Corriente, Federico (2005) “جبن”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎ (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 146
* Freytag, Georg (1830) “جبن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 263

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جُبْن (jubn).

### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /d͡ʒɪbɪn/

### Noun

جبن • (jibin) m (collective, singulative جبنة f (jibna), plural اجبان (ajbān))
* cheese

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جُبْن (jubn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒbun/, /ʒban/

### Noun

جبُن or جبَن • (jbun or jban) m (collective, singulative جُبنة f (jubna) or جبنة f (jabna), paucal جُبنات (jubnāt) or جَبنات (jabnāt), plural جبان (jbān))
* cheese
    Synonym: فرماج (furmāj)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُبْن (jubn, “cheese”).

### Noun

جبن • (cübn)
* cheese, a dairy product made from curdled milk
    Synonym: پنیر (penir)

#### Derived terms

* جبنی (cübni, “pertaining to cheese”)
* حامض جبن (hamız-ı cübn, “caseic acid”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: cübn

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cübn”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 839
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جبن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 435
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Caseus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 157
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جبن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 1579
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جبن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 644

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جُبْن (jubn).

### Noun

جبن • (jibn) m (collective, singulative جبنة f (jibne), plural أجبان (ʔajbān))
* (uncountable) cheese