τσουρέκι
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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چورك (çörek, “round bread”).
Pronunciation
Noun
τσουρέκι • (tsouréki) n (plural τσουρέκια)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τσουρέκι (tsouréki) | τσουρέκια (tsourékia) |
| genitive | τσουρεκιού (tsourekioú) | τσουρεκιών (tsourekión) |
| accusative | τσουρέκι (tsouréki) | τσουρέκια (tsourékia) |
| vocative | τσουρέκι (tsouréki) | τσουρέκια (tsourékia) |
Derived terms
- (diminutive) τσουρεκάκι n (tsourekáki)
See also
- see: βασιλόπιτα f (vasilópita) (for New Year), χριστόψωμο n (christópsomo), λαμπρόψωμο n (lamprópsomo) (for Easter), and λαμπροκούλουρο n (lamprokoúlouro) (for Easter)
Further reading
τσουρέκι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- τσουρέκι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
