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prostokvasha

prostokvasha noun: a thick soured milk product, similar to unsweetened yogurt but less sour, or kefir but thicker. In Russia or other former USSR republics, commercial and home-made prostokvasha comes in different varieties: "varenets" (варене́ц), "ryazhenka" (ря́женка), katyk/qatıq (каты́к), etc.

prostokvasha: a thick soured milk product, similar to unsweetened yogurt but less sour, or kefir but thicker. In...
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Noun

prostokvasha (uncountable)

  1. A thick soured milk product, similar to unsweetened yogurt but less sour, or kefir but thicker. In Russia or other former USSR republics, commercial and home-made prostokvasha comes in different varieties: "varenets" (варене́ц), "ryazhenka" (ря́женка), katyk/qatıq (каты́к), etc.

Origin of prostokvasha

From Russian простоква́ша (prostokváša).

Questions about prostokvasha

What does prostokvasha mean?
Prostokvasha means a thick soured milk product, similar to unsweetened yogurt but less sour, or kefir but thicker. In Russia or other former USSR republics, commercial and home-made prostokvasha comes in different varieties: "varenets" (варене́ц), "ryazhenka" (ря́женка), katyk/qatıq (каты́к), etc.
What part of speech is prostokvasha?
Prostokvasha is a noun.

Words near prostokvasha in the dictionary

  1. prostitution
  2. prostitutional
  3. prostitutions
  4. prostitutor
  5. prostitutors
  6. prostokvasha
  7. prostomia
  8. prostomial
  9. prostomid
  10. prostomids
  11. prostomium

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