Yogurt, Turkish Invention

The word derives from the Turkish yoğurt (pronounced [jɔˈurt]) deriving from the adjective 'yoğun', which means "dense" and "thick", or from the verb yoğurmak, which means "to knead" and possibly meant "to make dense" originally -- how yoghurt is made. The letter ğ denotes a voiced velar fricative /ɣ/ but this sound is elided between back vowels in Modern Turkish. Some eastern dialects retain the consonant in this position and Turks in the Balkans pronounce the word with a hard /g/. English pronunciation varies according to the local accent but common pronunciations include /ˈjɒgət/ and /ˈjoʊgɚt/.

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