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  • noun A thick soured milk product, similar to unsweetened yogurt but less sour or kefir but thicker. In Russia or other former USSR republics, commercial and home-made prostokvasha comes in different varieties, as "varenets" (варене́ц), "ryazhenka" (ря́женка), katyk/qatıq (каты́к), etc.

Etymologies

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From Russian простокваша (prostokváša).

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