burek

See also: Burek

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورك (börek).

Noun

burek (plural bureks)

  1. A type of baked or fried filled pastry of the former Ottoman Empire.

Translations

Anagrams

Kavalan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

burek

  1. young animal (of a cow, pig, bear, etc.)

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.rɛk/
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  • Rhymes: -urɛk
  • Syllabification: bu‧rek

Etymology 1

From bury +‎ -ek.

Noun

burek m animal

  1. mongrel (dog of mixed kind)
    Synonyms: kundel, mieszaniec
  2. (derogatory, figuratively) yokel
    Synonym: prostak
  3. (Near Masovian, Łuków County, Garwolin County) synonym of fartuch
Declension
adjective
adverb

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

burek f

  1. genitive plural of burka

Further reading

  • burek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • burek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “burek”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 185

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بورك (börek).

Noun

bùrek m inan (Cyrillic spelling бу̀рек)

  1. a type of baked or fried filled pastry

Declension

Declension of burek
singular plural
nominative burek bureci
genitive bureka bureka
dative bureku burecima
accusative burek bureke
vocative bureče bureci
locative bureku burecima
instrumental burekom burecima

Slovene

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /búːrɛk/

Noun

bȗrek m inan

  1. a type of baked or fried filled pastry
    Nimam za burekI haven't even enough money for a burek