yaghourt ياغرت
Tunisian Derja · noun
“yaghourt” (ياغرت) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning yogurt.
Meanings
- yogurt
- yogurt pot
Usage
Yaghourt is an adapted, common loanword for commercial yogurt, plain or flavored, sold in a pot. It is used as a collective noun: one says yaghourt b el fraise or yaghourt mamzouj, "stirred yogurt". To count, people often say pot yaghourt. Many people also simply say "yaourt" in the French way. In everyday speech, the name of a well-known brand sometimes stands for any yogurt. This word should not be confused with rayeb or leben, which refer to traditional fermented milks.
Example
جيبلي ياغرت من الحانوت
jibli yaghourt mel 7anout
“Bring me a yogurt from the grocery store.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “yaghourt” but also “yaghort”, “yaghurt” and “yaghoret”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find ياغرت and ياغرط and ياغورت, all the same word.