Where does “boreka” come from?

boreka (Ladino) comes from Turkish börek, from Ottoman Turkish بورك, from Proto-Turkic *börük — hat, cap.

boreka (Ladino): filled pastries

Definitions

  1. filled pastries

Ancestry of “boreka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbörekburek
2Ottoman Turkishبوركa name of various kinds of pastry; or a cake of...
3Proto-Turkic*börükhat, cap
Every word from Proto-Turkic *börük →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بورك →Every word from Turkish börek →
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