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baklava
or ba·kla·wa
[ bah-kluh-vah, bah-kluh-vah ]
noun
- 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
/ ˈbɑːkləˌvɑː /
noun
- a rich cake of Middle Eastern origin consisting of thin layers of pastry filled with nuts and honey
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Word History and Origins
Origin of baklava1
Borrowed into English from Turkish around 1815–25
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Word History and Origins
Origin of baklava1
from Turkish
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Example Sentences
Gaziantep is famous for its baklava and this batch of twenty was expensive.
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Abed filled his mouth with a piece of the baklava, I needed to get our conversation going.
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He shrugged and took another piece of the baklava, considering it in his fingers for a moment.
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He said nothing about the baklava, but stood at the end of our table, his eyes resting on me, as if I should order.
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He took up a rich baklava dessert, saturated with honey, and devoured it.
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