börek

See also: borek, Börek, and Bořek

English

Noun

börek (plural böreks)

1. Alternative form of burek.
   • 1984, Evelyn Lyle Kalças, Food from the Fields: Edible Wild Plants of Aegean Turkey, 3rd edition, Bornova, İzmir: Bilgehan Matbaasi, page 38:

     The leaves are very similar to those of Kazayağı which is found in the same location, and they are favorites for using in omelettes, böreks and meat stews. When very soft and tender the leaves may be fried with oil or butter till soft, and then used in böreks with white cheese, or served alone with cheese.

   • 1992, Bahattin Öztuncay, James Robertson: Pioneer of Photography in the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul: Muhittin Salih Eren, →ISBN, page 46:

     The tall cylindrical basket hung across his shoulders is probably full of böreks.

   • 2017, Pia Ziefle, translated by Imogen Taylor, “Suna”, in Those We Love, London: Manilla Publishing, →ISBN:

     Auntie Ipek will be waiting for us in Yozgat, her bags full of böreks. […] ‘Here, have a börek, Suna, and when you’ve eaten your fill, you can tell us all over again about how you found us.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• burek

Etymology

From Turkish börek.

Noun

börek m (plural böreks, diminutive börekje n)

1. burek

Further reading

• börek on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Swedish

Etymology

From Turkish börek.

Noun

börek (definite singular böreken, plural börek)

1. burek (primarily ones with Greek cheese and spinach filling)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بورك (börek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœ.ˈɾec/
• IPA^(key): (mispronunciation) /bœːˈɾec/
• Hyphenation: bö‧rek

Noun

börek (definite accusative böreği, plural börekler)

1. burek (type of baked or fried filled pastry, popular in some countries around the Mediterranean Sea)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	börek
Definite accusative	böreği
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	börek	börekler
Definite accusative	böreği	börekleri
Dative	böreğe	böreklere
Locative	börekte	böreklerde
Ablative	börekten	böreklerden
Genitive	böreğin	böreklerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular böreğim böreklerim 2nd singular böreğin böreklerin 3rd singular böreği börekleri 1st plural böreğimiz böreklerimiz 2nd plural böreğiniz börekleriniz 3rd plural börekleri börekleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular böreğimi böreklerimi 2nd singular böreğini böreklerini 3rd singular böreğini böreklerini 1st plural böreğimizi böreklerimizi 2nd plural böreğinizi böreklerinizi 3rd plural böreklerini böreklerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular böreğime böreklerime 2nd singular böreğine böreklerine 3rd singular böreğine böreklerine 1st plural böreğimize böreklerimize 2nd plural böreğinize böreklerinize 3rd plural böreklerine böreklerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular böreğimde böreklerimde 2nd singular böreğinde böreklerinde 3rd singular böreğinde böreklerinde 1st plural böreğimizde böreklerimizde 2nd plural böreğinizde böreklerinizde 3rd plural böreklerinde böreklerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular böreğimden böreklerimden 2nd singular böreğinden böreklerinden 3rd singular böreğinden böreklerinden 1st plural böreğimizden böreklerimizden 2nd plural böreğinizden böreklerinizden 3rd plural böreklerinden böreklerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular böreğimin böreklerimin 2nd singular böreğinin böreklerinin 3rd singular böreğinin böreklerinin 1st plural böreğimizin böreklerimizin 2nd plural böreğinizin böreklerinizin 3rd plural böreklerinin böreklerinin