pirozhki

English

Alternative forms

• piroshki, piroschki
• pyrizhky (from Ukrainian); perieschkje (among Mennonites)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian пирожки́ (pirožkí), plural of пирожо́к (pirožók), which is in turn a diminutive of пиро́г (piróg, “pie”). (In Russian Mennonite communities, borrowed first into (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Plautdietsch in Russia and Ukraine, and then taken into English in the US.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪˈɹɒʒkɪ/, /pɪˈɹɒʃkɪ/

Noun

pirozhki

pirozhki (countable and uncountable, plural pirozhki or pirozhkis)

1. Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
   • 2012, Margarita Borkaev, Far Away Run the Roads, Xlibris, p 110:

     Nica handed Mark a pirazhok.

     Maybe from the extra excitement, maybe because the pirozhki really were delicious, she swallowed them both immediately.

   • 1968, Soviet Life, v 136–147, Embassy of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA, p 15:

     I have found that, at every reception or cocktail party given at our embassy, pirozhki is a favourite, second only to our Russian caviar and vodka.

   • 1887, Lev (Leo) N. Tolstoy, Nathan Haskell Dole transl., “The Two Pilgrims”, in Iván Ilyitch and Other Stories, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., p 174:

     In the morning the people wished Yefim good-speed; they loaded him with pirozhki for his journey, and they went to their work: and Yefim started on his way.

2. A single such pastry.

Usage notes

• Russian "pirozhki" and "pirogi" and Polish pierogi (its diminutive is: "pierożki") (Polish dumplings) are often mixed up. They are different dishes. See pelmeni (Russian dumplings) for the Russian version of the Polish pierogi.
• In various regions of Ukraine these terms (пироги́, пиріжки́) may mean either the Polish "pierogi" or the Russian "pirozhki".

Related terms

• pierogi (Polish dumplings, false friends)

Translations

small pastries

• Armenian: կարկանդակ (hy) (karkandak)
• Azerbaijani: pirojok
• Belarusian: піражо́к m (piražók), піражкі́ m pl (piražkí)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小餡餅／小馅饼 (zh), 小馅饼 (zh) (xiǎo xiànbǐng), 皮羅什基／皮罗什基, 皮罗什基 (píluōshíjī)

• Finnish: piirakka (fi) (singular), piirakat pl
• French: pirojki (fr) m
• German: (any Slavic pasty) Pirogge (de) f; (specifically, but not widely known) Piroschki n
• Greek: πιροσκί (el) n (piroskí)
• Hebrew: פִּירוֹזְ'קִי
• Hungarian: pirog
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ピロシキ (piroshiki)
• Korean: 피로슈키 (pirosyuki)
• Macedonian: пирошка f (piroška)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: پیراشکی (fa) (pirâški)
• Polish: pirożki pl
• Russian: пирожо́к (ru) m (pirožók), пирожки́ (ru) m pl (pirožkí)
• Swedish: pirog (sv) c
• Ukrainian: пиріжо́к m (pyrižók), пиріжки́ m pl (pyrižký)
• Uzbek: pirojka, pirogcha
• Yakut: бэрэски (bereski)

Noun

pirozhki

1. plural of pirozhok