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korovai

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding

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History

Etymology

From older Russian корова́й (korováj) (before 1956 reform) or Ukrainian корова́й (korováj). The modern Russian spelling is карава́й (karaváj).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կարավայ (karavay) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Belarusian: карава́й (karaváj) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Belarusian: каўры́га (kawrýha) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Bulgarian: крава́й (kraváj) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Macedonian: кравај (kravaj) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Old East Slavic: короваи (korovai) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Polish: korowaj — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Russian: карава́й (karaváj) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Russian: корова́й (korováj) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Russian: коври́га (kovríga) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Serbo-Croatian: кра̀ва̑ј — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Serbo-Croatian: kràvȃj — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Slovene: kravaj — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Ukrainian: корова́й (korováj) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
  • Ukrainian: коври́га (kovrýha) — a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding