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yaourt en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From French yaourt, from Turkish yoğurt. Doublet of yogurt.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete form of yogurt.
    alt of yogurt
    • Yaourt is simply the milk turned sour and somewhat resembles curds only that it is thicker in consistency. The milk is originally turned by introducing a few drops of the milk of the fig into a bowl of sheep or goat's milk gently heated and then allowed to cool. A spoonful of the yaourt is kept as a kind of leaven and is sufficient to convert a large bowl of milk into yaourt. Eaten with sugar yaourt is very palatable and refreshing in warm weather and is said to be a preventive of fever. 1885, Cyprus guide and directory, page 82:

yaourt en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of yurt.
    alt of yurt
    • […] yaourts with their felt covering are very draughty, and it is hard to keep warm even wrapped in fur […] 1898, Friedrich Ratzel, The History of Mankind: The Africans of the interior, page 336:

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