Meanings
plural bulgurs · alternative bulgar · alternative bulghur · alternative burghul · alternative borghol · alternative bourghul · alternative bulgoor · alternative bulghoor
- countableuncountableWheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.
Before man baked bread, he made bulgur by parboiling wheat and spreading it out in the sun to dry. […] Every household in the Near East prepared a year's store of bulgur in the fall after the wheat harvest.
1961, Frederic R. Senti, W. Dayton Maclay, “Age-Old Uses of Seeds and Some New Ones”, in Yearbook of Agriculture, The United States Department of Agriculture, page 31Synonyms: bulgur wheat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.
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Origin
- Persianبرغول
- Arabicبُرْغُل
- Ottoman Turkishبلغور
- Englishbulgur
From Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur) (modern Turkish bulgur), by metathesis from older بورغول (burğul), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), from Persian برغول (barġul), پرغول (parġul).
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Arabic بُرْغُل
- بُرْغُل (burḡul)Middle Eastern food
Bulgarian булгур
- булгур (bulgur)Middle Eastern food
Catalan búrgul, bulgur
- búrgulMiddle Eastern food
- bulgurMiddle Eastern food
Cypriot Greek πουργούρι, πουρκούρι
- πουργούρι (pourgoúri)Middle Eastern food
- πουρκούρι (pourkoúri)Middle Eastern food
Finnish bulgur, bulgurvehnä
- bulgurMiddle Eastern food
- bulgurvehnäMiddle Eastern food
French boulgour, boulghour
- boulgourMiddle Eastern food
- boulghourMiddle Eastern food
Greek πλιγούρι
- πλιγούρι (pligoúri)Middle Eastern food
Hungarian bulgur
- bulgurMiddle Eastern food
Latin purgurium
- purguriumMiddle Eastern food
Persian بلغور
- بلغور (bolġur)Middle Eastern food
Polish bulgur
- bulgurMiddle Eastern food
Portuguese triguilho, bulgur
- triguilhoMiddle Eastern food
- bulgurMiddle Eastern food
- burghulMiddle Eastern food
Russian булгу́р
- булгу́р (bulgúr)Middle Eastern food
Spanish bulgur, burghul
- bulgurMiddle Eastern food
- burghulMiddle Eastern food
Swedish bulgur
- bulgurMiddle Eastern food
Turkish bulgur
- bulgurMiddle Eastern food
Cite this entry
bulgur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulgur
“bulgur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulgur. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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