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softened butter

Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

yogurt

Arabic translation:

حليب مخثر / لبن زبادي

Added to glossary by maiabulela
Jul 22, 2010 19:15
13 yrs ago
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English term

yogurt

English to Arabic Other Cooking / Culinary dairy
Dear all,

Is there any possible Arabic translation for "yogurt" other than لبنة as the Mawrid says (coz it's not mention in the Arabic Arabic dictionary) ... and other than زبادي coz the Arabic dictionary says that it's an Egyptian-specific term... and finally other than حليب رائب which is "buttet milk" and not "yogurt"??

Sorry for the long post but it's always translated as لبنة and this is not mentioned in the Arabic dic.

Thanks a lot
Proposed translations (Arabic)
5 +1 اللبن الخاثر / اللبن الرائب / اللبن الزبادي / الصَّرَب / الحازِر
5 +4 زبادي
5 +3 روب أو لبن زبادي
5 لبن
5 لبن رائب
Change log

Aug 14, 2010 12:30: maiabulela changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1154518">maiabulela's</a> old entry - "yogurt"" to ""لبن مخثر / لبن زبادي""

Discussion

maiabulela (asker) Jul 24, 2010:
yes. you r totally right. :) I just liked مخثر lol :$
Thanks
Ghada Samir Jul 24, 2010:
Time Difference! Yes indeed they both suggested, but:
Tamer Mekhimar at : 9 mins from posting the question
&
Mohamed Attalah at: 23 mins from posting the question !! :)
maiabulela (asker) Jul 24, 2010:
Yes, Mohammad Atallah suggested that too! :)
Thanks for confirming.
Nadia Ayoub Jul 23, 2010:
I also agree with Nesrin.
Ghada Samir Jul 22, 2010:
Great! Great suggestion, Nesrin!
Nesrin Jul 22, 2010:
If you don't have a particular target readership, I'd use لبن زبادي which I think both Egyptians and non-Egyptians would instantly understand as yoghurt. لبن or زبادي on their own may be potentially confusing to both Egyptian and non-Egyptian readers, respectively. والله أعلم.
maiabulela (asker) Jul 22, 2010:
Or I think حليب مخثر is the one. it's not weird, it's not لبن رائب it's not حليب it's not زبادي I'll go for it :)
Arabic & More Jul 22, 2010:
Yes, maiabulela, I would (in normal circumstances) stick to لبن for yoghurt and حليب for milk. But if you are translating for an exclusively Egyptian audience then I guess you might prefer local terms like زبادي. I can see where this might cause confusion since لبن means milk in some dialects.
Arabic & More Jul 22, 2010:
Yoghurt is not a foreign concept needing transliteration, so I wouldn't want to use يوغرت in translation. لبن means yoghurt and is listed in the dictionary I use (Oxford).
maiabulela (asker) Jul 22, 2010:
lol Ok. It seems that we can translate "yogurt" as لبن and "milk" as حليب
If an Egyptian read that, though, it will be so confusing and they'll accuse the translator of many bad things :D

Thanks for the link.
Mohamed A. Moustafa Jul 22, 2010:
Here you find a nice discussion.
http://www.atinternational.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7272
Said Abouharia Jul 22, 2010:
You don't have to rely on a dictionary. Languages are actives, and each day there is a new born word:). That's is why they call it "living language or modern language". If you are not pleased with what you found, you can just transliterate it as يوغرت. It is understood by everyone.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=يوغرت&aq=f&aq...

Proposed translations

+1
23 mins
Selected

اللبن الخاثر / اللبن الرائب / اللبن الزبادي / الصَّرَب / الحازِر

تخـتلف تسميات اللبن الرائب من بلد إلى آخر، فهو يعرف في مصر والسودان باسم (اللبن الزبادي)، في حين يعرف في المملكة العربية السعودية وسوريا ولبنان والأردن وفلسطين باسم (اللبن). وفي الهند باسم (الداهي) وفي اللغة التركية باسم (يوغورت)، ومنها دخلت اللغة الإنجليزية
( Yogurt )
واللغات الأوروبية الأخرى كالفرنسية والإيطالية واليونانية وغيرها.

وهناك في المعاجم العربية بدائل أخرى مثل: الصَّرَب، والحازر
Reference:

http://www.khayma.com/fahad1390/motnwat/94.htm

Note from asker:
Thanks
Peer comment(s):
agree TargamaT team : اللبن الخاثر
19 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+3
9 mins

روب أو لبن زبادي

روب أو لبن زبادي
Reference:

http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8

http://www.marefa.org/index.php/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A

Peer comment(s):
agree Said Abouharia : I may add لبن مصفى
3 mins
Thanks!
neutral TargamaT team : الأستاذ سعيد، أليس اللبن المصفى هو اللبنة ؟ على الأقل في مفهوم سوريا ولبنان...ـ
33 mins
agree Nesrin : لبن زبادي
13 hrs
Thanks too much!
agree Ghada Samir : لبن زبادي
1 day 3 hrs
Thanks too much!
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39 mins

لبن

I would go with لبن which just means plain yoghurt.

لبنة usually refers to thickened yogurt, which is like a very soft cheese.
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+4
4 mins

زبادي

In Egypt, it's called so

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Note added at 48 mins (2010-07-22 20:04:42 GMT)
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:-))

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-07-22 21:57:46 GMT)
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لبن زبادي is an excellent choice , not only it would be clear to diff. Arab dialects , but also it is used as well in Egypt
Note from asker:
lol :D
Peer comment(s):
agree Hani Hassaan : الزبادي ورمضان على الأبواب كل سنة وأنتي بخير
1 min
نعم، و كل عام و أنت و أسرتك بخير صحة و عافية :-)
agree Amal Al-Arfaj : عندنا في السعودية يكتب على المنتج زبادي وبين قوسين روب ونحن نستخدم الكلمتين في لهجتنا
2 hrs
جميل جداً، شكراً لكِ :-))
agree Amira A Wahab
3 hrs
شكراً جزيلاً أميرة :))
agree Morano El-Kholy : agree.
3 hrs
شكراً جزيلاً مورانو:))
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1 day 9 hrs

لبن رائب

عندنا في سوريا نقول : لبن رائب
Reference:

http://forum.zira3a.net/showthread.php?t=2907&page=1

http://forums.ozkorallah.com/f71/ozkorallah12259/

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