τσουρέκι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چورك (çörek, “round bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡suˈɾe.ci/
• Hyphenation: τσου‧ρέ‧κι

Noun

τσουρέκι • (tsouréki) n (plural τσουρέκια)

1. tsoureki (sweet, leavened bread, enriched with egg and butter, similar to brioche)

Declension

Declension of τσουρέκι

	singular	plural
nominative	τσουρέκι (tsouréki)	τσουρέκια (tsourékia)
genitive	τσουρεκιού (tsourekioú)	τσουρεκιών (tsourekión)
accusative	τσουρέκι (tsouréki)	τσουρέκια (tsourékia)
vocative	τσουρέκι (tsouréki)	τσουρέκια (tsourékia)

Derived terms

• (diminutive) τσουρεκάκι n (tsourekáki)

 

See also

• see: βασιλόπιτα f (vasilópita) (for New Year), χριστόψωμο n (christópsomo), λαμπρόψωμο n (lamprópsomo) (for Easter), and λαμπροκούλουρο n (lamprokoúlouro) (for Easter)

Further reading

• τσουρέκι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• τσουρέκι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language