Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kasha

/ˈkɑʃə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: ka-sha
IPA: /ˈkɑʃə/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A kind of dry curry from Bengal.

Uncountable

noun

A yokai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds.

name

A female given name.

Example Sentences

"Some cooks add nuts as well, and I like the way their flavor complements that of the kasha and the browned onions."
"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."
"She made some authentic Bengali recipes like Sukto, Mochar Ghonto, Doi Bagun, Doi Catla Maach and Chicken Kasha."
"I love her chicken curry, chicken bharta, chicken kasha."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: קאַשע

Usage

Inflected Forms

kashas (plural)

Phrases

kasha varnishkes

Frequently Paired Words

kasha varnishkes

Rhymes With

natasha asha bhatia basha latasha ustasha ingrassia ignatia

Questions

How do you pronounce kasha?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑʃə/.
What does kasha mean?: A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
Where does kasha come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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