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kaymak

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Borrowed from Turkish kaymak (“cream”), from Ottoman Turkish قایماق.

noun kaimak · kajmak

  1. uncountable A creamy dairy product, similar to clotted cream, made in the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. It is made from the milk of water buffalos in the East or of cows in the West.

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noun creamy dairy product

हिन्दीकायमाक kāymāk
Françaiskaïmac
Ελληνικάκαϊμάκι kaïmáki
Românăcaimac
Русскийкайма́к kajmák

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@misc{kaymak_2026,
  title = {kaymak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kaymak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}