lablabi لبلابي
Tunisian Derja · noun
“lablabi” (لبلابي) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning chickpea and bread soup.
Meanings
- chickpea and bread soup
Usage
Lablabi is a popular Tunisian dish. It is a chickpea soup served over pieces of stale bread, seasoned with olive oil, cumin, harissa and garlic, often with an egg and tuna. It is eaten mostly in the morning or in cold weather, in specialised eateries. One says "sa7fet lablabi" (a bowl of lablabi), and it also exists as "kaskrout lablabi" (as a sandwich). The word is familiar and everyday. French speakers take it over as is, without translation.
Example
البرد اليوم، نمشيو ناكلو صحفة لبلابي.
el bard el youm, nemchiw nèklou sa7fet lablabi.
“It's cold today, let's go eat a bowl of lablabi.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lablabi” but also “leblebi”, “lablebi”, “lablaby” and “leblabi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.