kaçkavall

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kashkavall

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish kaşkaval, from Ottoman Turkish قاشقوال (kaşkaval), from Italian caciocavallo (“type of Sicilian cheese”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃkaˈvaɫ/

Noun

kaçkavall m (plural kaçkavallë, definite kaçkavalli, definite plural kaçkavallët)

1. a type of yellow, semi-hard cow's or sheep's cheese produced in the Balkans, kashkaval