English
labneh
Labneh comes from South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة.
- South Levantine Arabicmodernلَبْنَةlabne
- Englishearliest quotation 2009labneh
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- South Levantine Arabicmodernلَبْنَةlabne
- Englishearliest quotation 2009labneh
Earliest quotation: 2009, Dwight Garner, A Merchant of Trinkets and Memories: “And I can assure you, were he to encounter…”
Every English word from South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة
Today it means
noun Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yogurt and cheese.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة / labneh