The story
- Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقایماق
- Turkish · borrowed fromkaymak“cream”
- English todaykaymak
Borrowed from Turkish kaymak (“cream”), from Ottoman Turkish قایماق.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kaymak
Today it means: A creamy dairy product, similar to clotted cream, made in the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. It is made from the milk of water buffalos in the East or of cows in the West. Full definition →
Turkish kaymak ← Ottoman Turkish قایماق