kasha

Meaning

A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.

Synonyms

porridge

cereal

pap

stir-about

mush

buckweat groats

Translations

kacha

Brei -s

χυλός

bouillie

brouet

🍲

porridge

Porridge

pappa

polenta

kaša

granea

mingau

papa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑʃə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ка́ша (káša, “porridge, gruel”) or Yiddish קאַשע (kashe). In Slavic languages, the term has the general meaning of groats or porridge of whatever source, but in Yiddish it became restricted to buckwheat.