زبدة الفول السوداني
Peanut butter in Arabic is زبدة الفول السوداني.
The phrase refers to the peanut butter spread.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of زبدة (butter), الفول (bean/legume) and السوداني (Sudanese), literally meaning 'Sudanese bean butter'.
Did you know?
- While زبدة means 'butter' in the context of spreads, it is also the root for the word 'essence' or 'the best part' of a speech or argument in classical Arabic.
- The term الفول السوداني identifies peanuts as 'Sudanese beans' because Sudan was historically the primary source of peanuts imported into the Arab world.
- The word الفول refers generally to fava beans, which are a staple breakfast food in Egypt, making the distinction السوداني crucial to avoid ordering bean dip.
Examples in context
- ناولني علبة زبدة الفول السوداني مع المربى إذا سمحت.Peanut butter and jelly, please.This sentence is useful for requesting a jar of زبدة الفول السوداني with jelly.Tatoeba #395501 by saeb, translation #34859 by Swift
- هل لديك زبدة الفول السوداني؟Do you have peanut butter?
- أحب زبدة الفول السوداني!I love peanut butter!
- أحب تناول زبدة الفول السوداني في الصباح.Uhibbu tanawul zubdat al-ful al-sudani fi al-sabah.I love eating peanut butter in the morning.
- هل تضع زبدة الفول السوداني في هذا الساندوتش؟Hal tada'u zubdat al-ful al-sudani fi hadha al-sandwitsh?Do you put peanut butter in this sandwich?
Example conversation
Omar and Layla are in the kitchen making breakfast.
- عمر Omarليلى، هل لدينا زبدة الفول السوداني؟Layla, hal ladayna zubdat al-ful al-sudani?Layla, do we have peanut butter?
- ليلى Laylaنعم، هي موجودة في الخزانة.Na'am, hiya mawjuda fi al-khizana.Yes, it is in the cupboard.
- عمر Omarسأصنع ساندوتش زبدة الفول السوداني الآن.Sa'asna'u sandwitsh zubdat al-ful al-sudani al-an.I will make a peanut butter sandwich now.
- ليلى Laylaهذا يبدو لذيذاً يا عمر.Hadha yabdu ladhidhan ya Omar.That sounds delicious, Omar.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
