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burek

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

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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

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

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورك (börek).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُورَك (būrak) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Arabic: بُورِيك (būrīk) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Arabic: بُرِيك (burīk) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Arabic: بُريك (burēk) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Armenian: բյորեկ (byorek) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Armenian: պէօրէկ (pēōrēk) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Azerbaijani: piroq — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Bulgarian: бюре́к (bjurék) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 土耳其酥餅 /土耳其酥饼 (Tǔ'ěrqí sūbǐng) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Finnish: börek — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • French: börek — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Georgian: ბორექი (boreki) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • German: Börek — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Greek: μπουρέκι (bouréki) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Hebrew: בּוּרֶקָס (burékas) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Japanese: ブレク (bureku) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Kazakh: бөрек (börek) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Korean: 뵈레크 (boerekeu) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Central Kurdish: بۆرەک (borek) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Northern Kurdish: boreg — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Ladino: boreka — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Macedonian: бу́рек (búrek) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Norwegian Bokmål: børek — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Iranian Persian: بورَک (burak) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Polish: burek — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Russian: буре́к (burék) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Russian: буре́кас (burékas) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Serbo-Croatian: бу̀рек — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Serbo-Croatian: bùrek — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Swedish: börek — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Turkish: börek — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Ottoman Turkish: بورك (börek) — a type of baked or fried filled pastry
  • Uzbek: boʻrek — a type of baked or fried filled pastry