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baklava

or ··ɲ

[ bah-kluh-vah, bah-kluh-vah ]

noun

  1. a Near Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater.


baklava

/ ˈɑːəˌɑː /

noun

  1. a rich cake of Middle Eastern origin consisting of thin layers of pastry filled with nuts and honey
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of baklava1

Borrowed into English from Turkish around 1815–25
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of baklava1

from Turkish
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Example Sentences

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There are also wraps on the menu, plus a small case with grab-and-go items like stuffed grape leaves and baklava.

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Once, she pulled a box of phyllo dough from the freezer case and said, “Have you ever made baklava?”

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I was entirely too stuffed to think about dessert even though the baklava in the front case was mighty tempting, as was the larger menu.

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But his jabs are more subtle: ostentatiously forgetting Jade’s name, helping himself to Nate’s baklava without invitation.

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He waves to Jade, the once-hostile hostess with whom he shared some conciliatory baklava and wine two episodes ago, after his model-date ditched him.

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