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baklava

baklava

8 6.0
A sweet Middle Eastern dessert of thin flaky pastry layers filled with nuts and honey
  • noun
  • /ˈbɑːkləˌvæ/
translation icon : baklava
  • For dessert, I ordered a slice of baklava filled with nuts and drizzled with honey.
  • honey-soaked baklava
  • pistachio baklava
  • baklava for dessert

Examples

  • Lamb stew, special bread, assorted casseroles, baklava, oriz me tamel.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Many of the traditional favorites, like baklava, spanakopita, and tiropites, are made similarly to pastries with sheets of dough.

    Blog text (3)

  • This is that baklava place we went to.

  • Bring my friends some tea, some baklava, huh?

    The Hangover (2009)

  • We ran out of coffee and baklava too, so there was that to deal with.

    Blog text (26)

  • Can we buy some baklava?

    Fay Grim (2007)

  • How 'bout a little more baklava?

    Aladdin (1992)

  • What I wouldn't give for some homemade authentic baklava right now!

    Blog text (6)

  • Baklava is a sweet Middle Eastern dessert that is associated with a long and tedious assembly process.

    Blog text (20)

  • I just made baklava.

    My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016)

How Rich

gateau
1 7.2
baklava
8 6.0
cheesecake
68 1.0
fruit tart
1 1.8
sorbet
16 2.7

Surface Forms

baklava singular
baklavas plural

Etymology

Baklava comes from Turkish baklava and probably from an old Turkic root bağla- meaning 'to tie' or 'to wrap'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine thin pastry layers 'wrapped' or 'tied' around nuts and sweet syrup, which is exactly what the dessert is.