Etymology

kashkaval

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Today it means: A group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish قاشقوال ← Sicilian cascavaḍḍu
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  1. Sicilian · derived fromcascavaḍḍu
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromقاشقوال
  3. English todaykashkaval

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

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