koliva
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κόλλυβα (kólluba, “small cakes”), from κόλλυβος (kóllubos, “small coin”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
koliva (uncountable)
- A dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.
Translations[edit]
dish of sweetened boiled wheat
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from a Hellenic language.
Noun[edit]
koliva