börek

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See also: borek, Börek, and Bořek

English

Noun

börek (plural böreks)

  1. 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish börek.

Noun

börek m (plural böreks, diminutive börekje n)

  1. burek

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Turkish börek.

Noun

börek (definite singular böreken, plural börek)

  1. burek (primarily ones with Greek cheese and spinach filling)

Turkish

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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)

  1. burek (type of baked or fried filled pastry, popular in some countries around the Mediterranean Sea)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative börek
Definite accusative böreği
Singular Plural
Nominative börek börekler
Definite accusative böreği börekleri
Dative böreğe böreklere
Locative börekte böreklerde
Ablative börekten böreklerden
Genitive böreğin böreklerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular böreğim böreklerim
2nd singular böreğin böreklerin
3rd singular böreği börekleri
1st plural böreğimiz böreklerimiz
2nd plural böreğiniz börekleriniz
3rd plural börekleri börekleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular böreğimi böreklerimi
2nd singular böreğini böreklerini
3rd singular böreğini böreklerini
1st plural böreğimizi böreklerimizi
2nd plural böreğinizi böreklerinizi
3rd plural böreklerini böreklerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular böreğime böreklerime
2nd singular böreğine böreklerine
3rd singular böreğine böreklerine
1st plural böreğimize böreklerimize
2nd plural böreğinize böreklerinize
3rd plural böreklerine böreklerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular böreğimde böreklerimde
2nd singular böreğinde böreklerinde
3rd singular böreğinde böreklerinde
1st plural böreğimizde böreklerimizde
2nd plural böreğinizde böreklerinizde
3rd plural böreklerinde böreklerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular böreğimden böreklerimden
2nd singular böreğinden böreklerinden
3rd singular böreğinden böreklerinden
1st plural böreğimizden böreklerimizden
2nd plural böreğinizden böreklerinizden
3rd plural böreklerinden böreklerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular böreğimin böreklerimin
2nd singular böreğinin böreklerinin
3rd singular böreğinin böreklerinin
1st plural böreğimizin böreklerimizin
2nd plural böreğinizin böreklerinizin
3rd plural böreklerinin böreklerinin