labneh
English
Alternative forms
- lebneh, labaneh, labne, lebni, labane, lebnah, lebna, labna, labana, lebeni, lebeneh, lebenah, labnah
Etymology
From South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة (labna).
Noun
labneh (countable and uncountable, plural labnehs)
- Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yoghurt and cheese.
- 2009 May 6, Dwight Garner, “A Merchant of Trinkets and Memories”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.
Synonyms
- strained yoghurt
- yoghurt cheese
- Greek yogurt (North America)
Hypernyms
- plain yogurt, regular yogurt, natural yogurt, dahi – any yogurt that bar possible fruits has minimal additions in particular of sugar or other sweeteners: normal yogurt; the same as “labneh” minus the step of straining
- yogurt – a term that comprises many mixtures, in particular also fruit joghurts
Related terms
Translations
strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
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