kadaif

kadaif (plural kadaifs)

1. Alternative form of kataifi.
   • 2012, John Ayto, The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190:

     At first glance, kadaif looks like slimmed down shredded wheat. It is an eastern Mediterranean confection made from a leavened flour-and-water batter sieved into very thin strands which are rolled round a filling of chopped nuts, baked, and then soaked in syrup.

From Ottoman Turkish قطائف (kadaif), from Arabic قَطَائِف (qaṭāʔif).

kadáif m inan (Cyrillic spelling када́иф)

1. kataifi

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