burghuln.

1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. vii. iv. 147 Burgle is wheat boiled, then bruised by a mill, so as to take the husk off, then dryed and kept for use.

1822 J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Syria & Holy Land 24 The host gives the traveller a supper, consisting of milk, bread, and Borgul, and if rich and liberal, feeds his mule or mare also.

1822 J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Syria & Holy Land 638 Their usual fare is Burgoul; this dish is made of wheat boiled, and afterwards dried in the sun in sufficient quantity for a year's consumption: the grain is re-boiled with butter or oil, and affords a very palateable nourishment; it is a favourite dish all over Syria.

1920 Handbk. Syria 278 Burghul is wheat which is boiled before being milled.

1923 G. Bell Let. 7 Nov. (1927) II. xxiii. 674 Ragout, sour curds and burghul, a sort of crushed wheat.

1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1954 M. Waldo Compl. Round-World Cookbk. 198 Lamb and cracked wheat... 4 pounds lamb, 2 pounds bourghol (cracked wheat), [etc.].

1955 P. Smouha Middle Eastern Cooking 14 Bourgol, with which kebaebas are made, are the husks of wheat.

1960 Khayat & Keating Lebanon vii. 90 All burghul used to be crushed at home by a miller who brought his rotary cracking machine to the house.

1984 Hussaini & Sakr Islamic Dietary Laws & Practices (ed. 2) 149 Bulgur (or Burgul) can be found in all stores that handle Greek, Indian and Arab foods.