burek

See also: Burek

English

A traditional cheese burek from Belgrade, Serbia

Alternative forms

• börek, borek, brik

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.

Related terms

• cheburek

Translations

a type of baked or fried filled pastry

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: بُريك m (burēk)

• Armenian: բյորեկ (hy) (byorek)
• Finnish: börek
• German: Börek (de) m
• Greek: μπουρέκι (el) (bouréki)
• Hebrew: בּוּרֶקָס (he) m (burékas)
• Kazakh: бөрек (börek)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بۆرەک (borek)

• Ladino: boreka
• Macedonian: бу́рек (mk) m (búrek)
• Persian: بورک (fa) (burak)
• Polish: burek (pl) m
• Russian: бурек (burek)
• Serbo-Croatian: burek (sh), бурек
• Turkish: börek (tr)

Anagrams

• Buker, Burke, burke

Kavalan

Noun

burek

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

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

Declension

Declension of burek

	singular	plural
nominative	burek	burki
genitive	burka	burków
dative	burkowi	burkom
accusative	burka	burki
instrumental	burkiem	burkami
locative	burku	burkach
vocative	burku	burki

Related terms

adjective

• bury

 

adverb

• buro

 

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بورك (börek).

Noun

bùrek m (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 burek ― I haven't even enough money for a burek