yoğurt
Meaning
yogurt
Frequency
Hyphenated as
yo‧ğurt
Pronounced as (IPA)
/joˈuɾt/
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت, from Proto-Turkic *yogrut (“curdled, coagulated milk”), from *yogur- (“to knead, to fluff up, to condense”) + *-ut, equivalent to yoğur- (“to knead”) + -t. Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽶𐽳𐽲𐽾𐽳𐾀 (yogrut, “yoghurt”).
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