English Explanatory Dictionary

kaymak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

kaymak kaimak kajmak

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish kaymak (“cream”), from Ottoman Turkish قایماق.

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