kasha
Syllables: ka·sha/ˈkɑʃə/
kasha noun: a porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
Noun (1)
kasha (countable and uncountable, plural kashas)
- A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
- Some cooks add nuts as well, and I like the way their flavor complements that of the kasha and the browned onions.2000, Faye Levy, 1,000 Jewish Recipes, page 218
- Kristina Pankofska, a Polish exile whom Anna Petrovna paid a gold rouble a month to clean and help, arrived with a pail of hot kasha and two new eggs.2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 171
Noun (2)
kasha (uncountable)
- A kind of dry curry from Bengal.
- She made some authentic Bengali recipes like Sukto, Mochar Ghonto, Doi Bagun, Doi Catla Maach and Chicken Kasha.2019, Ruchira Banerjee, Some 14 Odd Years: Fragile Love or Intense Friendship, page 45
- I love her chicken curry, chicken bharta, chicken kasha.2021, Arindam Sen, Money for Nothing, page 50
Noun (3)
kasha (plural kasha)
- A yokai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds.
Proper noun capitalized: Kasha
Kasha (plural Kashas)
- A female given name.
Examples of kasha in a sentence
- I call for a bowl of kasha and she brings it to the table.
- Never mind the kasha, and I push it away.
- They had chicken soup with the matzo meal balls a little lumpened by hurry, challah, roast chicken, kasha, honey-cake.
Forms of kasha
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | kashas |
| plural | kasha |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Kashas |
Origin of kasha
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.
Borrowed from Japanese 火車.
Phrases with kasha
Questions about kasha
- What does kasha mean?
- Kasha means a porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
- What part of speech is kasha?
- Kasha can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kasha?
- Kasha is pronounced /ˈkɑʃə/.
- What is the plural of kasha?
- The plural of kasha is kashas.
Words near kasha in the dictionary
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