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kataïf

kataïf is the alternative form of kataifi.

Meaning of kataifi

Noun

kataifi (uncountable)

  1. A very fine, vermicelli-like pastry used to make desserts in various Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines, particularly Palestinian.
    • I much prefer the five-year-old Agnanti, at the upper end of the neighborhood near Astoria Park, which offers unusual regional dishes like ntaka, a Cretan bread salad, and mustard-dipped shrimp kataifi.2007 January 26, William Grimes, “Queens Now Has Less Feta, More Jellyfish”, in New York Times

Questions about kataïf

What is kataïf the alternative form of?
Kataïf is the alternative form of kataifi.

Words near kataïf in the dictionary

  1. Katayama
  2. Katayama fever
  3. Katayama's fever
  4. Katayamas
  5. katayef
  6. kataïf
  7. Katcha
  8. Katcher
  9. Katchers
  10. katchina
  11. katchinas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kataïf (page history and authors); kataifi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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