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kashkaval

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قاشقوال (kaşkaval), from Sicilian cascavaḍḍu. Doublet of caciocavallo.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kaçkavall — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Arabic: قَشْقَوَان (qašqawān) — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Bulgarian: кашкавал (kaškaval) — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • French: kachkaval — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • German: Kaschkawal — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Hungarian: kaskavál — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Italian: caciocavallo — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Italian: cosacavaddu — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Macedonian: кашкавал (kaškaval) — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Polish: kaszkawał — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Romanian: cașcaval — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Russian: кашкавал (kaškaval) — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Serbo-Croatian: kačkavalj — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Serbo-Croatian: качкаваљ — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Sicilian: casu-cavaḍḍu — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Sicilian: casucavaḍḍu — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Sicilian: cascavaḍḍu — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans
  • Turkish: kaşkaval — a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans