بورك

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Ottoman Turkish

بوركلر

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bögürek, a diminutive of *bögür (“kidney”), whence بوگور (böğür, “side, flank”), based on the similar shape of the pastry to the organs. Probably unrelated to Slavic pierogi.

Noun

بورك • (börek)

  1. burek, a type of baked or fried filled pastry typical of the former Ottoman Empire
  2. (in general) pastry, a baked food item made from flour and fat pastes, such as a pie crust
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Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “börek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 676
  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “بورك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 130a
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎ (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 331 Nr. 781
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بورك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 283
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Artocrea”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 88
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بورك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 915
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “börek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بورك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 395

Etymology 2

بورك

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *börük (“hat, cap”); cognate with Azerbaijani börk, Bashkir бүрек (bürek), Kazakh бөрік (börık), Kyrgyz бөрүк (börük), Turkmen bȫrik, Uyghur بۆك (bök), Uzbek burk and Yakut бэргэһэ (bergehe).

Noun

بورك • (börk)

  1. kind of tall, conical cap made of fur or felt and typically worn by janissaries
    Synonym: كلاه (külah)
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