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 •	τσουρέκια •
genitive	τσουρεκιού •	τσουρεκιών •
accusative	τσουρέκι •	τσουρέκια •
vocative	τσουρέκι •	τσουρέκια •

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