Urdhë
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| Urdhë | |
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| Country of origin | Albania |
| Source of milk | Cow Sheep Goat |
| Pasteurized | Traditionally, no |
| Texture | Fresh |
Urdhë (Albanian pronunciation: [ˈurðə] is a sort of whey cheese[1] that is found in Albania, but also commonly used by Albanians in Kosovo, Montenegro, Greece, Serbia and North-Macedonia.
Etymology[edit]
The etymology of Urdhë is an alternative variant of hurdhë. From Proto-Albanian *wurdā, from an earlier *urdā[2] or *uordā, from Proto-Indo-European *uer- (“to boil, to burn”). Cognate to Old Armenian վառիմ (vaṙim, “to burn”), Lithuanian vìrti (“to cook, to boil”).[3] The Albanian term Urdhë is cognate to the Romanian word urdă and Aromanian urdâ, which are attributed to a pre-Latin Balkan substrate language.[4]
Urdhë is traditionally made from whey of sheep, goat or cow milk. the unsalted cheese is produced by warming the whey resulting from the draining of any type of cheese. Later, it is formed into molds to the shape of variant geometric shapes and sizes, The paste is finely grained, silky and smooth.
References[edit]
- ^ Kahl, Thede; Krapova, Iliana; Turano, Giuseppina (2018). Balkan and South Slavic Enclaves in Italy: Languages, Dialects and Identities. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-5275-1429-4. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ Leschber, Corinna. "2018. On the Etymology of Dairy Terminology. In: Balkan and South Slavic Enclaves in Italy. Languages, Dialects and Identities, (eds.) T. Kahl, I. Krapova, G. Turano. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 289-296". Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998). "Urdhë". Albanian Etymological Dictionary. Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill. pp. 487–88. ISBN 9789004110243.
- ^ Dan Ungareanu et al. The four layers of the Romanian substrate vocabulary