gibanica

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian gìbanica/гѝбаница, from gíbati/ги́бати (“to sway, rock, swing; fold”), originally meaning "folded pie".

Noun

gibanica (uncountable)

1. A traditional dish from the Balkans made from filo pastry and white cheese.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 976:

     They sat eating gibanica and sardines and drinking some herbal grappa called kadulja.

Further reading

• gibanica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From gib, gibati, originally meaning "folded pie".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǐbanit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: gi‧ba‧ni‧ca

Noun

gìbanica f (Cyrillic spelling гѝбаница)

1. gibanica

Declension

Declension of gibanica

	singular	plural
nominative	gibanica	gibanice
genitive	gibanice	gibanica
dative	gibanici	gibanicama
accusative	gibanicu	gibanice
vocative	gibanice / gibanico	gibanice
locative	gibanici	gibanicama
instrumental	gibanicom	gibanicama

References

• “gibanica” in Hrvatski jezični portal