jelbena جلبانة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jelbena” (جلبانة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning peas.
Meanings
- peas
Usage
Jelbena refers to peas. The word is collective: you say "jelbena" for the vegetable in general, and you can specify "7abba jelbena" for a single pea. The best-known dish is "marget jelbena", a stew of peas in tomato sauce, often made with meat and artichokes in spring. Jelbena is bought fresh in the pod at the market, or frozen. Peas are not chickpeas, which are called "7ommos". It is an everyday word, used in all registers.
Example
اليوم طيبت مرقة جلبانة بالعلوش
lyoum tayebt marget jelbena bel 3allouch
“Today I cooked a pea stew with lamb.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jelbena” but also “jelbana”, “jalbana” and “jilbena”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jelbena” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “peas”: jelbana in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “peas (vegetable)”; “pea stew”: jelbana in Algerian.