kalach

See also: kałach

English

Alternative forms

• kalatch, kolach

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian кала́ч (kaláč) or Ukrainian кала́ч (kaláč), also spelled кола́ч (koláč).

Noun

kalach

kalach (plural kalaches or kalachi)

1. Traditional East Slavic bread shaped like a padlock or various kinds of wheels. Other Slavic nations have similar but not identical types of pastry, e.g. Czech or Slovak koláč/koláč, Polish kołacz, Bulgarian колач (kolač), Serbo-Croatian колач/kolač, etc.

Translations

traditional East Slavic bread (or its equivalent)

• Belarusian: кала́ч m (kaláč)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡拉奇 (zh) (kǎlāqí)

• Crimean Tatar: qalaç
• Czech: koláč (cs) m
• Finnish: kalatši
• French: kalatch (fr) m
• Gagauz: kolaç
• German: Kalatsch m
• Japanese: カラーチ (karāchi)
• Nogai: калаш (kalaş)
• Polish: kołacz (pl) m
• Russian: кала́ч (ru) m (kaláč), кола́ч (ru) m (koláč) (less common)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: колач m

  Roman: kolač (sh) m

• Slovak: koláč (sk) m
• Ukrainian: кала́ч m (kaláč), кола́ч (uk) m (koláč)
• Vietnamese: bánh ca-lát
• Vilamovian: płoc m
• Yakut: халаачык (qalaacık)
• Yiddish: קוילעטש m (koyletsh)

See also

• колач (kolač) (Bulgarian, dialectal)
• koláč (Czech)
• kołacz (Polish)
• колач / kolač (Serbo-Croatian)