Where does “boreka” come from?
boreka (Ladino) comes from Turkish börek, from Ottoman Turkish بورك, from Proto-Turkic *börük.
boreka (Ladino): filled pastries
Ancestry of “boreka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | börek | burek |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بورك | a name of various kinds of pastry; or a cake of... |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *börük | — |