kasha

Meaning

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

Synonyms

porridge

cereal

pap

stir-about

mush

buckweat groats

Hyphenated as

ka‧sha

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.