α. 1600s ioghourt, 1600s yoghurd, 1700s joghourt, 1700s yahout, 1700s 1900s yoghourth, 1800s jaghur, 1800s yohurt, 1800s–1900s yahourt, 1800s– yaghourt, 1800s– yoghoort, 1800s– yoghourt, 1800s– yoghurt, 1900s joghourt (South African), 1900s joghurt, 1900s yaghourth, 1900s yoghurth, 1900s yohourth. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xv. §9. 1601 Neither doe they [sc. the Turks] eate much Milke, except it bee made sower, which they call Yoghurd.1683 J. Phillips tr. G.-J. Grelot Late Voy. Constantinople 240 With this they frequently mix a sort of curdled Milk, which they call Ioghourt.1733 S. Madden Mem. 20th Cent. 500 We had some dishes mix'd up with a sort of curdled milk, call'd Joghourt.1837 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 22 148 Excellent acidulous milk or jaghur.1912 Dundee Advertiser 2 Nov. 7 Servian yoghourt is well known.1925 C. H. Browning Bacteriol. vii. 154 ‘Yoghurt’, which contains very little alcohol, is prepared by the Bulgarians, Greeks and Turks from cow's milk.1976 Darling (S. Afr.) 28 Apr. If you like yoghourt but find it rather expensive, try making maas as the Zulus do.2009 Guardian 14 Mar. (Guide Suppl.) 43/2–3 Standouts among the starters include..reshmi tikka (chicken breast infused with yoghurt, cashew nut and spices).
β. 1600s 1800s yugurt, 1600s (1900s– chiefly Canadian) yogourt, 1800s yogurd, 1800s– yagourt, 1800s– yogurt, 1900s– jogourt, 1900s– jogurt, 1900s– yoğurt, 2000s– yoggut (nonstandard). 1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 101 They call that mixture Pilawe, over it they put milke made thicke, and sower called Yugurt.1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 96 The Yogourt is an ordinary Ragoe in that Countrey.1812 tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. through Southern Provinces Russ. Empire II. 360 Their ordinary beverage is made by triturating and dissolving cheese in water; the former of which is called Yasma, being prepared from coagulated milk, or Yugurt [Ger. Jugurt].1846 J. von Hammer tr. Evliya Çelebi Narr. Trav. I. ii. lv. 47 These consist of white cracknels (gurek), white bread (semid), pastry (churek), and peaches of exquisite flavour, apricots, grapes, roses of Boshnák Dedeh, kaimak (cream), and yogúrd (curd), and fat sheep.1956 I. Orga Cooking with Yogurt 8 Yoǧurt is a natural food and..only needs the simplest equipment.1977 Los Angeles June 149/2 Alta-Dena frozen yogurt is presented in cones, dishes,..and smoothies.2016 Observer 24 Jan. (Mag.) 42/1 Skyr is an Icelandic yogurt, but if you can't get that, any natural or Greek yogurt will work.
γ. 1700s– yaourt, 1800s yaoort, 1800s yaort, 1800s youart. 1759 tr. J. Æ. van Egmont & J. Heyman Trav. through Europe, Asia Minor I. 127 A dish of yaourt [Du. Yaourt] or curds and cream.1798 W. Eton Surv. Turkish Empire 233 Fresh yaourt is a great article of food among the natives, and the Europeans soon become fond of it.1816 J. Morier Journey through Persia, Armenia, Asia Minor 1808 & 1809 340 Yaourt and cold pillau.1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) I. vii. 137 Once on a fast-day eating some nice Yaoort.1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Yaourt, a fermented liquor or milk-beer, similar to koumis.1887 T. Stevens Around World on Bicycle xviii. 427 The yaort bowl contains one solitary wooden spoon.1901 F. C. de Sumichrast tr. T. Gautier Constantinople 60 in Wks. V. Open-air stalls for the sale of yaourt (curdled milk), kaimak (boiled milk), confectioners' shops,—for the Turks are very fond of sweets,—water-sellers' stalls [etc.].1935 J. M. N. Jeffries Front Everywhere 261 You got a reduction at the end..of the yaourt season.a2011 P. L. Fermor Broken Road (2013) iv. 105 A small earthenware dish of my favourite food in Bulgaria: yaourt.
δ. 1800s–1900s giaourt, 1800s–1900s yiaourt, 1800s– yiaourti, 1900s giaourti, 1900s– yaourti. 1853 Househ. Words 17 Dec. 374/2 The preparation called giaourt, or sour curds.1896 L. M. J. Garnett tr. Greek Folk Poesy II. 404 Take some pots of yiaoúrt, and cry in the streets ‘Yiaoúrti!’ and, as you pass by the body of my uncle, throw them down so that they may break.1917 Bus. Digest 26 Sept. 1531/1 The diversion [in Greece] of large quantities of raw milk to production of giaourt or yiarouti [read yiaourti]—coagulated goats' or sheeps' milk similar to ‘Lait Caillé’.1941 Commonweal 31 Jan. 373/2 Once in a while have a dish of yaourti, which is good for the stomach.