Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounBoiled dumplings stuffed with potato, cheese, or other filling; a serving of these; plural of varenyk.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wer-“to burn, blacken”
- Proto-Slavic*varъ
- Proto-Slavic*variti“to cook”
- Old East Slavicварити
- PlautdietschWareniki
- Russianваре́ники
- Ukrainianваре́ники pl
- Englishvarenyky
From Ukrainian варе́ники pl (varényky), singular варе́ник (varényk), and related terms in other languages, e.g. Russian варе́ники (varéniki) and (particularly in Mennonite communities) Plautdietsch Wareniki. The Ukrainian term comes from ва́рений (várenyj, “boiled”), from вари́ти (varýty, “to boil, to cook”), from Old East Slavic варити (variti), from Proto-Slavic *variti (“to cook”) + masculine ending -ик (-yk). Compare вар (var, “boiling liquid; cooking, boiling”), from Proto-Slavic *varъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn, blacken”).
More words from Ukrainian, Russian, Plautdietsch
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans wareniki
- warenikia kind of dumplings
Bulgarian варе́ники
- варе́ники (varéniki)a kind of dumplings
Chinese Mandarin 甜餡餃子 /甜馅饺子
- 甜餡餃子 /甜馅饺子 (tiánxiàn jiǎozi)a kind of dumplings
French varenyky, vareniki
- varenykya kind of dumplings
- varenikia kind of dumplings
German Wareniki
- Warenikia kind of dumplings
Japanese ヴァレーヌィク, ヴァレーヌィクィ
- ヴァレーヌィク (warēniku)a kind of dumplings
- ヴァレーヌィクィ (warēniki)a kind of dumplings
- ヴァレーニキ (warēniki)a kind of dumplings
Korean 바레니키
- 바레니키 (bareniki)a kind of dumplings
Lithuanian virtiniai
- virtiniaia kind of dumplings
Polish pierogi, wareniki
- pierogia kind of dumplings
- warenikia kind of dumplings
Portuguese vareniki
- varenikia kind of dumplings
Russian варе́ник, варе́ники
- варе́ник (varénik)a kind of dumplings
- варе́ники (varéniki)a kind of dumplings
Spanish varenyky, varénique
- varenykya kind of dumplings
- varéniquea kind of dumplings
Ukrainian варе́ник, варе́ники
- варе́ник (varényk)a kind of dumplings
- варе́ники (varényky)a kind of dumplings
- пироги́ (pyrohý)a kind of dumplings
Cite this entry
varenyky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varenyky
“varenyky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varenyky. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “varenyky,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varenyky.
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