jalebi
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jalebi
First recorded in 1865–70; from Hindi or Urdu jalebī, ultimately from Persian zalābīya “fried doughnut”
Example Sentences
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Tentative plans to pick up some jalebi, a deep-fried sweet snack, go out the window, but I do stop into Quality Foods, a supermarket with subcontinental treats, to pick up some spices.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022
One scene in the movie features Saroo having a flashback, triggered by a plate of jalebi, a fried-dough treat from his childhood that Brierley says his family could rarely afford.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2016
One recent evening, the victim and her parents sat in the front room of their modest concrete house in a lower-class neighborhood of Lucknow, sipping gingery tea and nibbling hot jalebi sweets.
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2016
The intoxicating smell of freshly fried jalebi pastry lingers in the air, and, sometimes, Somali songs can be heard in the distance.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2014
At the food kiosks in the lobby, patrons lined up for jalebi, aloo vada and samosa chole.
From Time Magazine Archive
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