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English
Noun
börek (plural böreks)
- Alternative form of burek.
1984, Evelyn Lyle Kalças, Food from the Fields: Edible Wild Plants of Aegean Turkey, 3rd edition, Bornova, İzmir: Bilgehan Matbaasi, page 38:The leaves are very similar to those of Kazayağı which is found in the same location, and they are favorites for using in omelettes, böreks and meat stews. When very soft and tender the leaves may be fried with oil or butter till soft, and then used in böreks with white cheese, or served alone with cheese.
1992, Bahattin Öztuncay, James Robertson: Pioneer of Photography in the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul: Muhittin Salih Eren, →ISBN, page 46:The tall cylindrical basket hung across his shoulders is probably full of böreks.
2017, Pia Ziefle, translated by Imogen Taylor, “Suna”, in Those We Love, London: Manilla Publishing, →ISBN:Auntie Ipek will be waiting for us in Yozgat, her bags full of böreks. […] ‘Here, have a börek, Suna, and when you’ve eaten your fill, you can tell us all over again about how you found us.
Dutch
Etymology
From Turkish börek.
Noun
börek m (plural böreks, diminutive börekje n)
- burek
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From Turkish börek.
Noun
börek (definite singular böreken, plural börek)
- burek (primarily ones with Greek cheese and spinach filling)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بورك (börek).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bœ.ˈɾec/
- IPA(key): (mispronunciation) /bœːˈɾec/
- Hyphenation: bö‧rek
Noun
börek (definite accusative böreği, plural börekler)
- burek (type of baked or fried filled pastry, popular in some countries around the Mediterranean Sea)
Declension