labneh

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labneh

/ˈlæb.neɪ/
/ˈlɛb.neɪ/
/ˈlɑb.neɪ/

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From North Levantine Arabic لَبْنِة (labne), most likely popularized in English by Lebanese emigrants; meanwhile, some alternative forms instead reflect the pronunciation لَبَنِة (labane), an older form more typically retained in Palestinian dialects. Ultimately an unclear derivation of Levantine Arabic لَبَن (laban, “yogurt”) + ـِة (-e, feminine ending).

noun labnehs · lebneh · labaneh · labne · lebni · labane

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.
Similar: strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese, Greek yogurt

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noun strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese

Español	yogur griego, labna, labne
日本語	ラブナ rabuna, ラブネ rabune, ギリシャヨーグルト Girisha-yōguruto
Français	labné
Deutsch	Abtropfjoghurt, (exotism) Labneh, Labné
Italiano	labneh, labaneh, yogurt greco
Ελληνικά	στραγγιστό γιαούρτι strangistó giaoúrti
Русский	гре́ческий йо́гурт gréčeskij jógurt, лабнэ́ labnɛ́, сузьма́ suzʹmá, сюзьма́ sjuzʹmá, творо́г tvoróg, тво́рог tvórog
العربية	لَبْنَة labna
עברית	לַבָּנֶה lábane

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@misc{labneh_2026,
  title = {labneh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/labneh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}