τσουρέκι
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چورك (çörek, “round bread”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡suˈɾe.ci/
- Hyphenation: τσου‧ρέ‧κι
Noun
τσουρέκι • (tsouréki) f (plural τσουρέκια)
- tsoureki (sweet, leavened bread, enriched with egg and butter, similar to brioche)
Declension
declension of τσουρέκι
| case \\ number | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τσουρέκι • | τσουρέκια • |
| genitive | τσουρεκιού • | τσουρεκιών • |
| accusative | τσουρέκι • | τσουρέκια • |
| vocative | τσουρέκι • | τσουρέκια • |
Derived terms
- (diminutive) τσουρεκάκ n (tsourekák)
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 - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.