different between barley vs kasha

English

Etymology

From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærl?? (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr, Norwegian Bokmål bygg), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ars- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere +? -ly. See English brew

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??li/
• Homophones: Bali (non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -??(?)li

Noun

barley (usually uncountable, plural barleys)

1. A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
2. (Singapore) seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)

Hypernyms

• (grain crop): grain, cereal

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• barley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hordeum vulgare on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Braley, barely, bearly, bleary

Scots

Etymology

Probably a corruption of English parley.

Interjection

barley

1. A cry for truce in children's games.

English

Etymology

From Russian ????? (káša, “porridge, gruel”) or Yiddish ?????? (kashe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k???/
• Hyphenation: ka?sha

Noun

kasha (countable and uncountable, plural kashas)

1. A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
   • 2000, Faye Levy, 1,000 Jewish Recipes, page 218:

     Some cooks add nuts as well, and I like the way their flavor complements that of the kasha and the browned onions.

   • 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate 2006, page 171:

     Kristina Pankofska, a Polish exile whom Anna Petrovna paid a gold rouble a month to clean and help, arrived with a pail of hot kasha and two new eggs.

Translations

Anagrams

• Khasa, Sakha, hakas, shaka

Japanese

Romanization

kasha

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Portuguese

Noun

kasha m (uncountable)

1. kasha (type of porridge eaten in central and eastern Europe)

Swahili

Etymology

From Portuguese caixa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?sha

Noun

kasha (ma class, plural makasha)

1. storage chest

See also

• sanduku