varenyky
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Etymology [edit]
From Ukrainian вареники (varényky, pl), singular вареник (varényk), from варений (várenyj, “boiled”), from варити (varýty, “to boil, to cook”), from Old East Slavic варити (variti), from Proto-Slavic *variti (“to cook”) + masculine ending -ик (-yk). Compare вар (var, “boiling liquid; cooking, boiling”), from Proto-Slavic *varъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn, blacken”), Russian вареники (varéniki), singular вареник (varénik).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /vɑrˈenəki, verəˈniːki/
- Hyphenation: var‧eny‧ky
Noun [edit]
varenyky (plural only)
- (North America) Boiled dumplings stuffed with potato, cheese, or other filling.
Translations [edit]
a kind of dumplings
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Synonyms [edit]
- perogies (singular perogy)
- potstickers
References [edit]
- “varenyky” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- “варити” in Etymolohichnyĭ Slovnyk Ukraïnsʼkoï Movy (Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language), O.S. Melʼnychuk, 1982–2006.
- Rudnyc’kyj, Jaroslav B. (1962). An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language , vol 1, pp 313 ("вар"). Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences. litopys.org.ua.