yogurt

Arabic translation: حليب مخثر / لبن زبادي

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English term or phrase:	yogurt
Arabic translation:	حليب مخثر / لبن زبادي
Entered by:	maiabulela

19:15 Jul 22, 2010

English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / dairy

English term or phrase: yogurt

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

maiabulela KudoZ activity Questions: 488 (12 open) (53 closed without grading) Answers: 3
Local time: 07:21

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

Explanation:
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

Selected response from:

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 07:21

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +4

زبادي

Ghada Samir

5 +3

روب أو لبن زبادي

Tamer Mekhimar

5 +1

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

Muhammad Atallah

لبن

Arabic & More

لبن رائب

Anne-Leïla HADDAD

Discussion entries: 12

maiabulela

ASKER

19:24 Jul 24, 2010

yes. you r totally right. :) I just liked مخثر lol :$
Thanks

Ghada Samir

Egypt

Time Difference!

14:35 Jul 24, 2010

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

12:48 Jul 24, 2010

Yes, Mohammad Atallah suggested that too! :)
Thanks for confirming.

Nadia Ayoub

Egypt

00:46 Jul 23, 2010

I also agree with Nesrin.

Ghada Samir

Egypt

Great!

21:54 Jul 22, 2010

Great suggestion, Nesrin!

Nesrin

United Kingdom

21:52 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

20:09 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

Jordan

20:06 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

Jordan

20:03 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

20:02 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

United States

19:53 Jul 22, 2010

Here you find a nice discussion.
http://www.atinternational.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7272

Said Abouharia

United States

19:36 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...

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

روب أو لبن زبادي

Explanation:
روب أو لبن زبادي

Reference: http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8
Reference: http://www.marefa.org/index.php/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B2%D8...

Tamer Mekhimar
Egypt
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of:

Arabic

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

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

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 34

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks

39 mins confidence:

لبن

Explanation:
I would go with لبن which just means plain yoghurt.

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

Arabic & More
Jordan
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

زبادي

Explanation:
In Egypt, it's called so

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:-))

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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

Ghada Samir
Egypt
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: lol :D

1 day 9 hrs confidence:

لبن رائب

Explanation:
عندنا في سوريا نقول : لبن رائب

Reference: http://forum.zira3a.net/showthread.php?t=2907&page=1
Reference: http://forums.ozkorallah.com/f71/ozkorallah12259/

Anne-Leïla HADDAD
France
Local time: 06:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

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