kurabie

English

Etymology

From Arabic غُرَّبِيَّة (ḡurrabiyya), via Albanian kurabie.

Noun

kurabie (plural not attested)

1. Alternative form of kurabiye
   • 1997, David Levinson, Melvin Ember, American immigrant cultures: builders of a nation, →ISBN, page 30:

     These traditional foods include barbecued roast lamb; spinach; leek- or squash-filled pies (lakror); and pastries such as kurabie, brushtull, and baklava.

   • 2001, Greek Island Life: Fieldwork on Anafi, →ISBN, page 63:

     It suddenly occurred to me that there are periods of glut at which obligations are repaid (shortbread-like sweet cakes, kurabies, at New Year, sausages and meat in November, cheeses in Lent, etc.)