kazan

Definitions

1. a cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine
2. The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
3. A surname.
4. the Khanate of Kazan, a Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552.
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“A proper kazan also has to be well greased by constant use⟳ — it should never be washed with water, or, God forbid⟳, actually scrubbed and scoured. The Uzbeks just wipe it carefully with an oiled cloth; and they will insist and I will second this — that the older the kazan, the better the pilaf.”

CEFR level