yaourt

yaourt is the obsolete form of yogurt.

yaourt is the obsolete form of yurt.

Meaning of yogurt

yogurt (countable and uncountable, plural yogurts)

A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
- Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt add luxury to a supersimple zucchini soup ($14).2009 January 24, Corey Mintz, “Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge”, in Toronto Star
Synonyms:

milk food
(especially, in-compounds) Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).

yurt (plural yurts)

A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).
- [T]heir [the Nogais'] cattle grazed on the Little Injik, only seven versts from the boundary line. In summer they kept them in the Black Mountains, and in winter at their auls. They lived in felt yurts, and often changed their place of abode.1880, Henry H[oyle] Howorth, “The Nogais, Karakalpaks, and Siberian Tartars”, in History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century. Part II. The So-called Tartars of Russia and Central Asia...
Synonyms:

ger, kibitka

yurt (plural yurts)

(historical) The natural resources and arable land over which a Cossack stanitsa had exclusive control in their territory.

plural	yaourts

From French yaourt, from Turkish yoğurt. Doublet of yogurt.

What is yaourt the obsolete form of?: Yaourt is the obsolete form of yogurt.

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