yoğurt

Meaning

yogurt, a milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process

γιαούρτι

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/joˈuɾt/

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish

Cognate with Old Uighur

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt), from Proto-Turkic *yogrut (“curdled, coagulated milk”), from *yogur- (“to knead, to fluff up, to condense”) + *-ut. By surface analysis, yoğur- (“to knead”) + -t. Cognates Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽶𐽳𐽲𐽾𐽳𐾀 (yogrut, “yogurt”), Azerbaijani yoğurt, Kyrgyz жуурат (juurat), and Yakut суорат (suorat).