"jalebi" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jalebis [plural]
Etymology: From Hindustani जलेबी / جلیبی (jalebī). Doublet of zalabiya. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|inc-hnd}} Hindustani, {{doublet|en|zalabiya}} Doublet of zalabiya Head templates: {{en-noun}} jalebi (plural jalebis)
  1. A sweet popular in the Indian subcontinent, made by deep-frying a maida flour batter and soaking it in sugar syrup. Wikipedia link: jalebi Categories (topical): Sweets Synonyms: jallebi, jelabee, jilabi, jilapi, jilebi, zulbia, mushabak Related terms: zalabiya Translations (Translations): زلابيا (Arabic), شباكية (Arabic), مِشَبٍك [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), জেলেপী (zelepi) (Assamese), zülbiyə (Azerbaijani), jalebi (Azerbaijani), জিলাপি (jilapi) (Bengali), জিলিপি (jilipi) (Bengali), जीलेबी (jīlēbī) (Bhojpuri), ဂျလေဘီ (gya.lebhi) (Burmese), zlabia (Catalan), zlebia (Catalan), zalabia (Catalan), زلابیە (zlabye) (Central Kurdish), زۆلبیا، (zolbya) (Central Kurdish), jalebi (Dutch), jalebi (Finnish), zlabia (French), zelabia (French), જલેબી (jalebī) (Gujarati), ሙሻበኽ (mušabäx) (Harari), जलेबी (jalebī) [feminine] (Hindi), jalebi (Italian), ジャレビ (jarebi) (Japanese), ಜಿಲೇಬಿ (jilēbi) (Kannada), 잘레비 (jallebi) (Korean), जलेबी (jalebī) (Maithili), ജിലേബി (jilēbi) (Malayalam), जिलबी (jilbī) (Marathi), जिलेबी (jilebī) (Marathi), moutaille (Mauritian Creole), gato moutaille (Mauritian Creole), जेरी (jerī) (Nepali), जुलेबी (julebī) (Nepali), जुल्पी (julpī) (Nepali), زلهیبی (Northern Luri), ଜିଲାପି (jilāpi) (Odia), ځلوبۍ (źəlobəi) (Pashto), زولبیا (zulbiyâ) (Persian), jalebi (Portuguese), ਜਲੇਬੀ (jalebī) (Punjabi), джале́би (džalébi) [plural] (Russian), පැණි වළලු (pæṇi waḷalu) (Sinhalese), مُشَبَك (Somali), زوولیبیلیا (zûlîbîlya) (Southern Kurdish), زوولبیا، (zûlibya) (Southern Kurdish), yalebi (Spanish), ꠎꠤꠟꠣꠙꠤ (zilafi) (Sylheti), ҷалебӣ (jalebi) (Tajik), ஜிலேபி (jilēpi) (Tamil), జిలేబి (jilēbi) (Telugu), زلابيه (Tunisian Arabic), زلبي (Tunisian Arabic), müşebbek (Turkish), zülbiye (Turkish), جَلیبی (jalebī) [feminine] (Urdu)
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "yalebi"
        },
        {
          "code": "syl",
          "lang": "Sylheti",
          "roman": "zilafi",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ꠎꠤꠟꠣꠙꠤ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "jalebi",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ҷалебӣ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "jilēpi",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ஜிலேபி"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "jilēbi",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "జిలేబి"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "müşebbek"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "zülbiye"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "jalebī",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "جَلیبی"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "jalebi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jalebi"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "inc-hnd"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "zalabiya"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of zalabiya",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hindustani जलेबी / جلیبی (jalebī). Doublet of zalabiya.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jalebis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Terms with Assamese translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with Bhojpuri translations",
        "Terms with Burmese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Central Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Gujarati translations",
        "Terms with Harari translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kannada translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Maithili translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Mauritian Creole translations",
        "Terms with Nepali translations",
        "Terms with Northern Luri translations",
        "Terms with Odia translations",
        "Terms with Pashto translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Punjabi translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sinhalese translations",
        "Terms with Somali translations",
        "Terms with Southern Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Sylheti translations",
        "Terms with Tajik translations",
        "Terms with Tamil translations",
        "Terms with Telugu translations",
        "Terms with Tunisian Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Urdu translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "Urdu terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Sweets"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Tarla Dalal, Chaat, page 98:",
          "text": "You will not believe how quickly jalebis can be made. I have used yeast to ferment the jalebi batter quickly and so it does not require to be left for a day to ferment. The trick here is to immediately start frying the jalebis once the batter has rested for 10 minutes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, B.S. Rana, Jataka Tales, page 80:",
          "text": "On the way he saw a sweetmeat seller making jalebis (spiral sweet). He was tempted. In his mind he thought he'd have some jalebis.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Hema De Munnikl, Bhole: Adventures of a Young Yogi, page 22:",
          "text": "But Bhole refused to listen. He became very angry and started to scream, “I want jalebis! Give me jalebis! I want them now!”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 January 17, Shivani Vora, “A Go-To Grocery for Indian Cooks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Mr. Alam and his staff often insist that visitors enjoy a free treat like chocolate barfi, condensed milk mixed with chocolate, or jalebis, deep fried rice flour coated in a sugary syrup, while they shop. “I want my customers to feel welcome and offering mithai is a way to show hospitality,” Mr. Alam said.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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          "maida"
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          "flour",
          "flour"
        ],
        [
          "batter",
          "batter"
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        [
          "sugar",
          "sugar"
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          "syrup",
          "syrup"
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        "jalebi"
      ]
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "jallebi"
    },
    {
      "word": "jelabee"
    },
    {
      "word": "jilabi"
    },
    {
      "word": "jilapi"
    },
    {
      "word": "jilebi"
    },
    {
      "word": "zulbia"
    },
    {
      "word": "mushabak"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "زلابيا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "شباكية"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "مِشَبٍك"
    },
    {
      "code": "aeb",
      "lang": "Tunisian Arabic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "زلابيه"
    },
    {
      "code": "aeb",
      "lang": "Tunisian Arabic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "زلبي"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "zelepi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "জেলেপী"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zülbiyə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "jalebi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "jilapi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "জিলাপি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "jilipi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "জিলিপি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bho",
      "lang": "Bhojpuri",
      "roman": "jīlēbī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "जीलेबी"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "gya.lebhi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ဂျလေဘီ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zlabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zlebia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zalabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "jalebi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "jalebi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zlabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zelabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "jalebī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "જલેબી"
    },
    {
      "code": "har",
      "lang": "Harari",
      "roman": "mušabäx",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ሙሻበኽ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jalebī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "जलेबी"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "jalebi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jarebi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ジャレビ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "jilēbi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ಜಿಲೇಬಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jallebi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "잘레비"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "zlabye",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "زلابیە"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "zolbya",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "زۆلبیا،"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdh",
      "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
      "roman": "zûlîbîlya",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "زوولیبیلیا"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdh",
      "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
      "roman": "zûlibya",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "زوولبیا،"
    },
    {
      "code": "mai",
      "lang": "Maithili",
      "roman": "jalebī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "जलेबी"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "jilēbi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ജിലേബി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "jilbī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "जिलबी"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "jilebī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "जिलेबी"
    },
    {
      "code": "mfe",
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "moutaille"
    },
    {
      "code": "mfe",
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "gato moutaille"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "jerī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "जेरी"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "julebī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "जुलेबी"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "julpī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "जुल्पी"
    },
    {
      "code": "lrc",
      "lang": "Northern Luri",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "زلهیبی"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "jilāpi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ଜିଲାପି"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "źəlobəi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ځلوبۍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zulbiyâ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "زولبیا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "jalebi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "jalebī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ਜਲੇਬੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "džalébi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "джале́би"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "pæṇi waḷalu",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "පැණි වළලු"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "مُشَبَك"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "yalebi"
    },
    {
      "code": "syl",
      "lang": "Sylheti",
      "roman": "zilafi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ꠎꠤꠟꠣꠙꠤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "jalebi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ҷалебӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "jilēpi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ஜிலேபி"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "jilēbi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "జిలేబి"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "müşebbek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zülbiye"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "jalebī",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "جَلیبی"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jalebi"
}

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