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Turkish
A slice of kadayıf dessert.
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkishقطائف(ḳaṭaʿif, ḳaṭāyıf, “shaggy carpets, shaggy plushes with uncut loops, velvets, various kinds of sweet pastry and the material of which they are made”) (alternative form; قطایف(ḳadāyıf)),[1] from Arabicقَطَايِف(qaṭāyif), the plural of قَطِيفَة(qaṭīfa).[2]Doublet of kadife.
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