Baklava

//ˈbæk.lə.və// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. countable, uncountable

    "It meant lifting tea towels off trays in her Muslim neighbours’ kitchens to help herself to sticky triangles of baklava, half lemon slices pressed into the syrupy pastry filled with walnuts and raisins."

  2. 2
    rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey wordnet

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blintzdanish pastryeclairpandowdypastrypasty

Example

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"Dates and walnuts are commonly used in the filling for baklava made in the Levant."

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish baklava, from Ottoman Turkish باقلوا (baklava) (see for more); possibly from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠭᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (baɣlag-a, “bundle, package”).

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baklava-likemiddle east

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