Pirog
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in Eastern Europe. countable, uncountable
"On such a day it was the custom, some sixty years ago, to bake several immense pirogs of cake dough; one of these pirogs was stuffed with hard-boiled eggs and sometimes also with kasha, while the others had no fillings; it was these latter that were sent to various relatives as a sign of affection."
- 1 A surname of Slavic origin.
Example
More examples"On such a day it was the custom, some sixty years ago, to bake several immense pirogs of cake dough; one of these pirogs was stuffed with hard-boiled eggs and sometimes also with kasha, while the others had no fillings; it was these latter that were sent to various relatives as a sign of affection."
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian пиро́г (piróg). Doublet of pierog/pieróg. For the plurals ending in n, see Yiddish פּיראָג (pirog).
Both from Polish Piróg and Russian Пирог (Pirog)
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