kadayıf.
Various kinds of pastry desserts such as kanafeh, typically drenched in hot syrup.
Meaning & usage
Various kinds of pastry desserts such as kanafeh, typically drenched in hot syrup.
The material such desserts are made of, which is made by pouring a thin batter through a perforated utensil onto a hot pan, cooked briefly to form thin filaments.
Where this word comes from
From Ottoman Turkish قطائف (ḳaṭaʿif, ḳaṭāyıf, “shaggy carpets, shaggy plushes with uncut loops, velvets, various kinds of sweet pastry and the material of which they are made”) (alternative form; قطایف (ḳadāyıf)), from Arabic قَطَايِف (qaṭāyif), the plural of قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa). Doublet of kadife.
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