Meanings
plural baklavas · plural baklavalar · alternative obsolete bocklava · alternative obsolete boclava · alternative baclava · alternative baklawa · alternative baklawah · alternative paklava
- countableuncountableA sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry.
It meant lifting tea towels off trays in her Muslim neighbours’ kitchens to help herself to sticky triangles of baklava, half lemon slices pressed into the syrupy pastry filled with walnuts and raisins.
2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 56
Origin
- Middle Mongolᠪᠠᠭᠯᠠᠭᠠ“bundle, package”
- Ottoman Turkishباقلوا
- Turkishbaklava
- Englishbaklava
Borrowed from Turkish baklava, from Ottoman Turkish باقلوا (baklava) (see for more); possibly from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠭᠯᠠᠭᠠ (baɣlaɣ-a, “bundle, package”).
More words from Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Middle Mongol
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَقْلَاوَة
- بَقْلَاوَة (baqlāwa)sweet pastry
Bengali বাক্লাভা
- বাক্লাভা (baklabha)sweet pastry
Bulgarian баклава́
- баклава́ (baklavá)sweet pastry
Catalan baclaua
- baclauasweet pastry
Chinese Mandarin 果仁蜜餅 /果仁蜜饼, 蜜糖果仁千層酥 /蜜糖果仁千层酥
- 果仁蜜餅 /果仁蜜饼 (guǒrénmìbǐng)sweet pastry
- 蜜糖果仁千層酥 /蜜糖果仁千层酥 (mìtáng guǒrén qiāncéngsū)sweet pastry
- 巴拉瓦餅 /巴拉瓦饼 (bālāwǎ bǐng)sweet pastry
- 巴卡拉瓦 (bākǎlāwǎ)sweet pastry
Czech baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Danish baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Dutch baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Esperanto baklavo, paĥlavo
- baklavosweet pastry
- paĥlavosweet pastry
Finnish baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
French baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
German Baklava
- Baklavasweet pastry
Greek μπακλαβάς
- μπακλαβάς (baklavás)sweet pastry
Hebrew בַּקְלָוָה, בקלאווה
- בַּקְלָוָה (baklavá)sweet pastry
- בקלאווהsweet pastry
Hindi बक़लावा
- बक़लावा (baqlāvā)sweet pastry
Hungarian baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Indonesian baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Italian baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Japanese バクラヴァ
- バクラヴァ (bakurava)sweet pastry
Korean 바클라바
- 바클라바 (bakeullaba)sweet pastry
Malay baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Norwegian Bokmål baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Polish baklawa, baklava
- baklawasweet pastry
- baklavasweet pastry
Portuguese baclava
- baclavasweet pastry
Romanian baclava
- baclavasweet pastry
Russian пахлава́, баклава́
- пахлава́ (paxlavá)sweet pastry
- баклава́ (baklavá)sweet pastry
Slovak baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Spanish baclava
- baclavasweet pastry
Swedish baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Thai บาคลาวา
- บาคลาวา (bàak-laa-waa)sweet pastry
Turkish baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Ukrainian пахлава́, баклава́
- пахлава́ (paxlavá)sweet pastry
- баклава́ (baklavá)sweet pastry
Urdu بَقْلاوَہ
- بَقْلاوَہ (baqlāva)sweet pastry
Vietnamese baklava
- baklavasweet pastry
Yiddish באַקלאַוואַ
- באַקלאַוואַ (baklava)sweet pastry
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with baklava
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baklava. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baklava
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