kaçkavall
Albanian
Alternative forms
- kashkavall
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish kaşkaval, from Italian caciocavallo (“type of Sicilian cheese”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kat͡ʃkaˈvaɫ/
Noun
kaçkavall m (indefinite plural kaçkavallë, definite singular kaçkavalli, definite plural kaçkavallët)
- a type of yellow, semi-hard cow's or sheep's cheese produced in the Balkans, kashkaval
References
- Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kaçkavall”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 685