tarhana
See also: trahana
English
editNoun
edittarhana (countable and uncountable, plural tarhanas)
- A dried food based on a fermented mixture of grain and yogurt or fermented milk, usually made into a thick soup with water, stock, or milk.
Translations
editdried food
Anagrams
editTurkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish تارخانه (tarhana), from Persian ترخوانه (tarxvâne), compound of تر (tar, “moist”) and خوان (xvân, “table”).
Noun
edittarhana (definite accusative tarhanayı, plural tarhanalar)
- A dried food based on a fermented mixture of grain and yogurt or fermented milk, usually made into a thick soup with water, stock, or milk.
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “tarhana”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tarhana”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تارخانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 475