Pacha (dish)

Pacha (Persian: پاچه‎‎, Albanian: paçe, Arabic: باجة‎‎, Bosnian: pače, Bulgarian: пача), khash (Armenian: խաշ, Azerbaijani: xaş, Georgian: ხაში), kalleh pacheh (Persian: کله پاچه‎‎, Turkish: kelle paça), or kakaj šürpi (Chuvash: какай шÿрпи) is a dish of boiled cow or sheep's feet and/or head, although other cow parts, such as the brain, head and stomach (tripe) may also be used. It is a traditional dish in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Mongolia, and Turkey.

The Persian word pacheh, literally means "trotter". The Persian name kalleh pacheh literally translates as head and trotter, which are the central ingredients in a variant of this dish. The name khash originates from the Armenian verb khashél (Armenian: խաշել), which means "to boil." Besides, the Armenian root "khashn" (Armenian: խաշն) well testified in early medieval records means "a herd of sheep or goats" Hrachia Adjarian Armenian Etymological Dictionary, v. 2, 1973, page 333</ref>.The dish, initially called khashoy, is mentioned by a number of medieval Armenian authors, e.g. Grigor Magistros (11th century), Mkhitar Heratsi (12th century), Yesayi Nchetsi (13th century), etc.

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