baklava

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From Turkish baklava.[1]

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Singular
baklava

Plural
baklavas

baklava (plural baklavas)

  1. A popular sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. With its high sugar and fat content, it is very rich. Sprinkled with chopped walnuts and pistachio nuts and soaked in a solution of sugar or either lemon juice or honey and spices with rosewater.

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  1. ^ "baklava." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.

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From Turkish baklava.

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baklàva f. (Cyrillic spelling бакла̀ва)

  1. baklava (dessert)

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  • IPA: bakɫaβa

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baklava (definite accusative baklavayı, plural baklavalar)

  1. baklava

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