börek

A form of burek — A type of baked or fried filled pastry of the former Ottoman Empire.

Meanings

nounbörek (plural böreks)

plural böreks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of burek.

    The tall cylindrical basket hung across his shoulders is probably full of böreks.

    1992, Bahattin Öztuncay, James Robertson: Pioneer of Photography in the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul: Muhittin Salih Eren, →ISBN, page 46
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    The leaves are very similar to those of Kazayağı which is found in the same location, and they are favorites for using in omelettes, böreks and meat stews. When very soft and tender the leaves may be fried with oil or butter till soft, and then used in böreks with white cheese, or served alone with cheese.

    1984, Evelyn Lyle Kalças, Food from the Fields: Edible Wild Plants of Aegean Turkey, 3rd edition, Bornova, İzmir: Bilgehan Matbaasi, page 38

    Auntie Ipek will be waiting for us in Yozgat, her bags full of böreks. […] ‘Here, have a börek, Suna, and when you’ve eaten your fill, you can tell us all over again about how you found us.

    2017, Pia Ziefle, translated by Imogen Taylor, “Suna”, in Those We Love, London: Manilla Publishing, →ISBN
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