kaçkavall

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • kashkavall

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish kaşkaval, from Ottoman Turkish قاشقوال (kaşkaval), from Italian caciocavallo (“type of Sicilian cheese”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kat͡ʃkaˈvaɫ/

Noun

kaçkavall m (plural kaçkavallë, definite kaçkavalli, definite plural kaçkavallët)

  1. a type of yellow, semi-hard cow's or sheep's cheese produced in the Balkans, kashkaval

References
  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “kaçkavall”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 685
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