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Cacık (Turkish pronunciation: [dʒaˈdʒɯk]; Persian: ماست و خیار ; Albanian: xaxiq[citation needed] ; Kurdish: jaj ) is an Turkish dish of seasoned strained yogurt eaten throughout the former Ottoman countries. In Greece a similar much thicker yogurt dish is called tzatziki (Anglicised: /zɑːdˈziːki/; Greek: τζατζίκι [dzaˈdzici] and is also similar to tarator in Balkan cuisine. In Turkey it is served less dilute cold and sometimes with ice.
