Etymograph

English

kubaneh

Kubaneh comes from Hebrew כובאנה, and goes back to Yemeni Arabic كبانة.

  1. Yemeni Arabicmodernكبانة
  2. Hebrew1880s–presentכובאנה
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2015kubaneh

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Yemeni Arabicmodernكبانة
  2. Hebrew1880s–presentכובאנה
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2015kubaneh

Earliest quotation: 2015, Ligaya Mishan, At Timna, the Middle East Visits the East Village: “As a child, he made kubaneh, a Yemenite-Jewish yeast…”

Today it means

noun A traditional Yemenite Jewish pull-apart yeast bread.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Yemeni Arabic كبانة / kubaneh