kadayıf
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish قطائف (ḳaṭaʿif, ḳaṭāyıf, “shaggy carpets, shaggy plushes with uncut loops, velvets, various kinds of sweet pastry and the material of which they are made”) (alternative form; قطایف (ḳadāyıf)),[1] from Arabic قَطَايِف (qaṭāyif), the plural of قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa).[2] Doublet of kadife.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kadayıf (definite accusative kadayıfı, plural kadayıflar)
- Various kinds of pastry desserts such as kanafeh, typically drenched in hot syrup.
- The material such desserts are made of, which is made by pouring a thin batter through a perforated utensil onto a hot pan, cooked briefly to form thin filaments.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Greek: κανταΐφι (kantaḯfi)
References
[edit]- “kadayıf”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قطائف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1460
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kadayıf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- kadayıf on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia tr