bialy

B3I1A1L1Y4
/biˈæl.i/

noun

A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.

Similar
bialystoker
OriginYiddish ביאַלי (byali) ← Polish Białystok ← Old Polish toczyć →
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Meanings

nounbialy (plural bialys or bialies)

plural bialys · plural bialies

  1. A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounflat crusty-bottomed onion roll

Similar
bialystoker
Broader
onion roll

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Proto-Slavic*bě̃lъ
  3. Old Polishbiały
  4. Polishbiały
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  7. Proto-Balto-Slavic*iź
  8. Proto-Slavic*jьz
  9. Proto-Slavic*jьz-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  12. Proto-Balto-Slavic*san?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm?
  15. Proto-Slavic*sъ(n)
  16. Old Polishz-
  17. Old Polishs-
  18. Polishs-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*tekʷ-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*tokʷ-éye-ti
  21. Proto-Balto-Slavic*takeitei
  22. Proto-Slavic*točiti
  23. Old Polishtoczyć
  24. Polishtoczyć
  25. Polishstoczyćdeverb.
  26. Polishstok
  27. PolishBiałystok
  28. Yiddishביאַלי (byali)
  29. Englishbialy

From Yiddish ביאַלי (byali), from the Polish name of the city of Białystok.

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Translations

Bulgarian лучник
  • лучник (lučnik)flat bread roll
Japanese ビアリ
  • ビアリ (biari)flat bread roll
Yiddish ביאַלי
  • ביאַלי (byali)flat bread roll

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

LibyaBailyBilay
Cite this entry
APA

bialy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bialy

MLA

“bialy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bialy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bialy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bialy.

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