kasza

From a Slavic language, probably via Slovak kosa.^[1] Compare Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒsɒ]

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• Hyphenation: ka‧sza
• Rhymes: -sɒ

kasza (plural kaszák)

1. scythe (an instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge)

• sarló

• kasza in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

 

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

kasza

Wikipedia ^pl

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʂa/

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• Rhymes: -aʂa
• Syllabification: ka‧sza
• Homophone: Kasza

kasza f (diminutive kaszka)

1. groats (hulled grains)
2. kasha, porridge (dish made from these grains)
3. (by extension) something fine and free-flowing
4. (colloquial, figuratively) commotion, disorder, mess

   Synonyms: zamęt, zamieszanie

• kasza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kasza in Polish dictionaries at PWN