Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry.

    Baklava

    пахлава́paxlavá, баклава́baklavá

    пахлава́paxlavá, баклава́baklavá

    rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey

Examples

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  1. The baklava is better than donuts.

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  2. I picked up some vegan baklava.

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  3. Baklava are sweet pastries made from layers of filo dough filled with chopped nuts.

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  4. Have you had a baklava?

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  5. Did you take a baklava?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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sweet pastry:
Deutsch
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Origin

Borrowed from Turkish baklava, from Ottoman Turkish باقلوا (baklava) (see for more); possi

Borrowed from Turkish baklava, from Ottoman Turkish باقلوا (baklava) (see for more); possibly from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠭᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (baɣlaɣ-a, “bundle, package”).

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Forms

plural: baklavas / baklavalar

Word family

1 related words

See also

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