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bulgur

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈbʊlɡə(ɹ)/
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  • rhymes with -ʌlɡə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -ʊlɡə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bulgur wheat

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

parched crushed wheat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bulghur, bulgur wheat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wheat, wheat berry

History

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur) (modern Turkish bulgur), by metathesis from older بورغول (burğul), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), from Persian برغول (barġul), پرغول (parġul).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bollgur — Middle Eastern food
  • Arabic: بُرْغُل (burḡul) — Middle Eastern food
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܘܼܪܓܘܼܪ (gurgūr) — Middle Eastern food
  • Armenian: բլղուր (blġur) — Middle Eastern food
  • Armenian: ձավար (javar) — Middle Eastern food
  • Azerbaijani: bulqur — Middle Eastern food
  • Betawi: bulgur — Middle Eastern food
  • Bulgarian: булгур (bulgur) — Middle Eastern food
  • Catalan: búrgul — Middle Eastern food
  • Catalan: bulgur — Middle Eastern food
  • Finnish: bulgur — Middle Eastern food
  • Finnish: bulgurvehnä — Middle Eastern food
  • French: boulgour — Middle Eastern food
  • French: boulghour — Middle Eastern food
  • Greek: πλιγούρι (pligoúri) — Middle Eastern food
  • Cypriot Greek: πουργούρι (pourgoúri) — Middle Eastern food
  • Cypriot Greek: πουρκούρι (pourkoúri) — Middle Eastern food
  • Hungarian: bulgur — Middle Eastern food
  • Central Kurdish: ساوار (sawar) — Middle Eastern food
  • Northern Kurdish: savar — Middle Eastern food
  • Latin: purgurium — Middle Eastern food
  • Occitan: bolgor — Middle Eastern food
  • Persian: بلغور (bolġur) — Middle Eastern food
  • Polish: bulgur — Middle Eastern food
  • Portuguese: triguilho — Middle Eastern food
  • Portuguese: bulgur — Middle Eastern food
  • Portuguese: burghul — Middle Eastern food
  • Russian: булгу́р (bulgúr) — Middle Eastern food
  • Serbo-Croatian: bulgur — Middle Eastern food
  • Spanish: bulgur — Middle Eastern food
  • Spanish: burghul — Middle Eastern food
  • Swedish: bulgur — Middle Eastern food
  • Turkish: bulgur — Middle Eastern food