paskha

English

Alternative forms

• paska, pashka, pascha, pasha

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian па́сха (pásxa), from Па́сха (Pásxa, “Easter”). Doublet of Pasch, Pascha, and Pesach.

Pronunciation

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Noun

paskha (paska)

paskha (countable and uncountable, plural paskhas)

1. A traditional Eastern Orthodox Easter dessert, made from curd.

Translations

Easter dessert

• Arabic: بَاسْخَا f (basḵā), بَاسْخَا f (bāsḵā)
• Belarusian: па́сха f (pásxa), па́ска f (páska)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甜奶渣糕 (tiánnǎizhāgāo)

• Finnish: pasha (fi)
• Japanese: パスハ (pasuha), パスカ (pasuka)
• Polish: pascha (pl) f
• Russian: па́сха (ru) f (pásxa), па́ска (ru) f (páska), кули́ч (ru) m (kulíč)
• Spanish: paska f
• Swedish: pasjka
• Ukrainian: па́ска f (páska)
• Vietnamese: món pa-xơ-kha

Anagrams

• haskap, paksha, shapka