different between whey vs labneh

English

Alternative forms

• whig (dialectal)
• whay (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English whey, wheye, whei, from Old English hw??, hwæi?, hwæ?, hwe? (“whey”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwai (compare Saterland Frisian Waai, Woaie, West Frisian waai, Dutch wei, German Low German Wei), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *k?ey- (“to pile up, build”) (compare Old Church Slavonic ???? (?in?, “order”), Ancient Greek ????? (poié?, “to pile up, make”), Sanskrit ?? (káya, “every one”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hw?, w?, IPA^(key): /?e?/, /we?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Homophones: way, weigh, wey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

whey (usually uncountable, plural wheys)

1. The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
   • 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XX:

     {...} if I wished any blessing in the world, it was to find him a worthy object of pride; and I’m bitterly disappointed with the whey-faced, whining wretch!

Derived terms

• wheyey
• wheylike

Translations

See also

• buttermilk
• curd
• milk
• yogurt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wheyy, whei, wheye, whey?e, wey, whay, qwhey, wey?e, whaye

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hw??, hwæi?, hwæ?, hwe?, from Proto-West Germanic *hwai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /w?i?/, /x??i?/

Noun

whey (uncountable)

1. The leftovers from milk curdled during cheesemaking; whey.
2. (rare) The result of strained almond milk.

Descendants

• English: whey, whig
• Scots: quhaye, quhay, quhey, whey, fey

References

• “whei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-01.

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From South Levantine Arabic ???????? (labna).

Noun

labneh (uncountable)

1. Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yoghurt and cheese.

Synonyms

• strained yoghurt
• yoghurt cheese

Related terms

• laban, leban

Translations

See also

• quark