tarhana
See also: trahana
English edit
Noun edit
tarhana (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 edit
dried food
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish تارخانه (tarhana), from Persian ترخوانه (tarxvâne), compound of تر (tar, “moist”) and خوان (xvân, “table”).
Noun edit
tarhana (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.
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Further 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