Dates and walnuts are commonly used in the filling for baklava made in the Levant.
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Baklava
//ˈbæk.lə.və//
Synonyms for "baklava" (17 found)
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77 translations across 59 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- бэкълауэ noun (sweet pastry)
Albanian
1 entries- bakllava noun (sweet pastry)
Arabic
2 entries- بقلاوة noun (sweet pastry)
- بَقْلَاوَة noun (sweet pastry)
Armenian
1 entries- փախլավա noun (sweet pastry)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܒܲܩܠܵܘܵܐ noun (sweet pastry)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- paxlava noun (sweet pastry)
- пахлава noun (sweet pastry)
Belarusian
1 entries- пахлава́ noun (sweet pastry)
Bengali
1 entries- বাক্লাভা noun (sweet pastry)
Bulgarian
1 entries- баклава́ noun (sweet pastry)
Catalan
1 entries- baclaua noun (sweet pastry)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 巴卡拉瓦 noun (sweet pastry)
- 巴拉瓦餅 /巴拉瓦饼 noun (sweet pastry)
- 果仁蜜餅 /果仁蜜饼 noun (sweet pastry)
- 蜜糖果仁千層酥 /蜜糖果仁千层酥 noun (sweet pastry)
Czech
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Danish
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Dari
1 entries- بَاقْلَوَا noun (sweet pastry)
Dutch
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Esperanto
2 entries- baklavo noun (sweet pastry)
- paĥlavo noun (sweet pastry)
Finnish
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
French
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Galician
1 entries- baclava noun (sweet pastry)
Georgian
1 entries- ფახლავა noun (sweet pastry)
German
1 entries- Baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Greek
1 entries- μπακλαβάς noun (sweet pastry)
Hebrew
2 entries- בַּקְלָוָה noun (sweet pastry)
- בקלאווה noun (sweet pastry)
Hindi
2 entries- बकलावा noun (sweet pastry)
- बक़लावा noun (sweet pastry)
Hungarian
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Indonesian
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- باقْلَبا noun (sweet pastry)
- بَاقْلَوا noun (sweet pastry)
Italian
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Japanese
1 entries- バクラヴァ noun (sweet pastry)
Kazakh
1 entries- баклава noun (sweet pastry)
Korean
1 entries- 바클라바 noun (sweet pastry)
Krymchak
1 entries- бакълава noun (sweet pastry)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- баклава noun (sweet pastry)
Laz
1 entries- ბაქლავა noun (sweet pastry)
Macedonian
1 entries- баклава noun (sweet pastry)
Malay
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Mongolian
1 entries- баклава noun (sweet pastry)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- beqlawe noun (sweet pastry)
- beqlewe noun (sweet pastry)
- peqlewe noun (sweet pastry)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- باقلوا noun (sweet pastry)
Polish
2 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
- baklawa noun (sweet pastry)
Portuguese
1 entries- baclava noun (sweet pastry)
Romanian
1 entries- baclava noun (sweet pastry)
Russian
2 entries- баклава́ noun (sweet pastry)
- пахлава́ noun (sweet pastry)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- baklàva noun (sweet pastry)
- бакла̀ва noun (sweet pastry)
Slovak
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Slovene
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Somali
1 entries- baklawah noun (sweet pastry)
Spanish
1 entries- baclava noun (sweet pastry)
Swedish
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Tajik
3 entries- бағлоба noun (sweet pastry)
- бақлава noun (sweet pastry)
- боқлаво noun (sweet pastry)
Tatar
1 entries- пәхләвә noun (sweet pastry)
Thai
1 entries- บาคลาวา noun (sweet pastry)
Turkish
1 entries- baklava noun (sweet pastry)
Ukrainian
2 entries- баклава́ noun (sweet pastry)
- пахлава́ noun (sweet pastry)
Urdu
1 entries- بَقْلاوَہ noun (sweet pastry)
Uyghur
2 entries- باقلاۋا noun (sweet pastry)
- باكلاۋا noun (sweet pastry)
Uzbek
1 entries- paxlava noun (sweet pastry)
Yiddish
1 entries- באַקלאַוואַ noun (sweet pastry)
Sample sentences
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Baklava made with pistachios is more likely to be found in Iran.
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Did you know that "baklava" is Farsi for "many leaves?"
Source: tatoeba (4457734)
Baklava are sweet pastries made from layers of filo dough filled with chopped nuts.
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