Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A mixture of ground beef or lamb, bulgur wheat, and spices, served baked, fried, or raw.

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  • noun A form of dumpling, from the Levant, made of spiced lamb and bulgur wheat.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Colloquial Levantine Arabic pronunciation of Arabic kubba, ball, meatball; see kbb in Semitic roots.]

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From Arabic كبة (kibbeh, kubbah, "ball").

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Examples

  • It resembled the fried ball of meat and grain called kibbeh qras in the Levant.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • It resembled the fried ball of meat and grain called kibbeh qras in the Levant.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • In addition to the dinners, I got a falafel sandwich, made with soft fresh-fried falafel patties on a whole pita with lots of creamy tahini sauce; some of the excellent torpedo-shaped meat pies called kibbeh, and a bowl of the fiery bean soup.

    Houston Press | Complete Issue 2009

  • Another of the meat dishes available is raw minced meat, called kibbeh nayaeh.

    SofiaEcho RSS feed 2008

  • But here, a pouch is made with burghul only (unlike the Lebanese-Syrian-Palestinian kibbeh which is […]

    body on the line 2009

  • But here, a pouch is made with burghul only (unlike the Lebanese-Syrian-Palestinian kibbeh which is […]

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2009

  • But here, a pouch is made with burghul only (unlike the Lebanese-Syrian-Palestinian kibbeh which is […]

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2009

  • The cumin-based mixture of spices added to kibbeh nayeh; a diminutive of kamoun cumin.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Can be made into balls stuffed with ground meat, pine nuts, and spices (kibbeh qras); layered with ground meat on a tray (kibbeh bi saynieh); or served raw (kibbeh nayeh), among other forms.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • But the chef at the Sumer Land would cut out two quadrants from one side of the kibbeh, leaving a strip in the middle like the handle of an Easter basket.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

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