مهلبية

Arabic

Etymology

According to legend, muhallebi was introduced into Arab cuisine in the late 7th century by a Persian cook from what was then Sassanid Persia (224-651), who served it to an Arab general by the name of Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra. He liked it so much, he named it after himself.

Noun

مُهَلَّبِيَّة • (muhallabiyya) f

1. "A dessert resembling blancmange, made of rice flour, milk and sugar".

Declension

Declension of noun مُهَلَّبِيَّة (muhallabiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُهَلَّبِيَّة muhallabiyya	الْمُهَلَّبِيَّة al-muhallabiyya	مُهَلَّبِيَّة muhallabiyyat
Nominative	مُهَلَّبِيَّةٌ muhallabiyyatun	الْمُهَلَّبِيَّةُ al-muhallabiyyatu	مُهَلَّبِيَّةُ muhallabiyyatu
Accusative	مُهَلَّبِيَّةً muhallabiyyatan	الْمُهَلَّبِيَّةَ al-muhallabiyyata	مُهَلَّبِيَّةَ muhallabiyyata
Genitive	مُهَلَّبِيَّةٍ muhallabiyyatin	الْمُهَلَّبِيَّةِ al-muhallabiyyati	مُهَلَّبِيَّةِ muhallabiyyati

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “هلب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN