labneh en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlæb.neɪ/
- /ˈlɛb.neɪ/
Etymology
From South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة (labne).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yogurt and cheese.
And I can assure you, were he to encounter the entire crew of the aircraft carrier Enterprise, he’d serve them eggs sunny-side up, and labneh fresh from the bag.
2009 May 6, Dwight Garner, “A Merchant of Trinkets and Memories”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lebeni | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lebnah | alternative | lexicographic | |
| labne | alternative | lexicographic | |
| labana | alternative | lexicographic | |
| labnehs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| labane | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lebna | alternative | lexicographic | |
| labna | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lebenah | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lebneh | alternative | lexicographic | |
| labnah | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lebeneh | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lebni | alternative | lexicographic | |
| labaneh | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Hypernyms
dahi · regular yogurt · plain yogurt · natural yogurt · yogurt
Relateds
Synonyms
yoghurt cheese · Greek yogurt · strained yoghurt
Translations (37)
es labna (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · pl jogurt grecki (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ca iogurt grec (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · tr süzme yoğurt (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · it labaneh (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ru тво́рог (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · it labneh (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · el στραγγιστό γιαούρτι (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ajp لَبْنَة (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ru сузьма́ (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · it yogurt greco (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ja ラブナ (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · fa ماست چکیده (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · az süzmə (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · yi לאַבאַנע (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ru сюзьма́ (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ca iogurt colat (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ja ギリシャヨーグルト (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · de Abtropfjoghurt (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · he לַבָּנֶה (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · nl hangop (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ru гре́ческий йо́гурт (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ady шэзгъэ (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · cs řecký jogurt (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ja ラブネ (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · de (exotism) Labneh (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · arz لبنه (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · de Labné (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ru лабнэ́ (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ar لَبْنَة (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · es yogur griego (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · ru творо́г (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · fi valutettu jogurtti (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · sk grécky jogurt (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · fr labné (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · tr labne (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese) · es labne (strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese)