ботқа

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	بوتقا
Cyrillic	ботқа
Latin	botqa
Yañalif	ʙotqa

Ботқа

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *botka (“porridge”). Cognate with Bashkir бутҡа (butqa), Kyrgyz ботко (botko), Southern Altai ботко (botko), Khakas потхы (potxı), Uzbek bo'tqа, Uyghur بوتقا (botqa, “porridge, cereal dish”), etc.

Noun

ботқа • (botqa)

1. a dish made of any kind of grain / cereal boiled in milk or water, typically stirred until thick porridge; kasha, gruel