boreka

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • boreca, (Jerusalem, Plovdiv, Sarajevo) bureka

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish börek.

Noun

boreka f (Hebrew spelling בורקס, plural borekas)[1]

  1. filled pastry
    Synonyms: (Istanbul, Rhodes, Salonica) borekita, (Sarajevo) burikita, (Kosovo, Monastir) burikite
    • 1995, Tiryaki: aylık gazete-dergi‎[1], numbers 8–9, Tiryaki, page 75:
      Aron dezdenyando el kuçio i el piron, aferro kon la mano la boreka i espedasondala kon los dedos en kuatro bokodos se la komyo.
      [With] Aron despising the knife and the fork, he held the filled pastry in hand and, crushing it with his fingers, it was eaten in four bites.

References

  1. ^ “boreka”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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