labneh

From South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة‎ (labna).

labneh (uncountable)

1. Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey, which thus has a consistency between that of yoghurt and cheese.
   • 2009 May 6, Dwight Garner, “A Merchant of Trinkets and Memories”, in New York Times‎:

     And I can assure you, were he to encounter the entire crew of the aircraft carrier Enterprise, he’d serve them eggs sunny-side up, and labneh fresh from the bag.

• strained yoghurt
• yoghurt cheese

• leban, laban

• quark