labneh

• lebneh, labaneh, labne, lebni, labane, lebnah, lebna, labna, labana, lebeni, lebeneh, lebenah, labnah

From South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة‎ (labna).

labneh (countable and uncountable, plural labnehs)

1. 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:

     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.

• strained yoghurt
• yoghurt cheese
• Greek yogurt (North America)

• 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

• laban, leban

• quark