Kaymak, sarshir, or qashta/ashta (Persian: سَرشیر saršir) (Arabic: قشطة Qeshta or Arabic: قيمر Geymar ) is a creamy dairy food similar to clotted cream, made from the milk of water buffalo, cows, sheep, or goats in Central Asia, some Balkan countries, some Caucasus countries, the countries of the Levant, Turkic regions, Iran and Iraq. In Poland, the name kajmak refers to a confection similar to dulce de leche instead.