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baklava
ba·kla·va B0034600 (bä′klə-vä′, bä′klə-vä′)n. A dessert made of paper-thin layers of pastry, chopped nuts, and honey.
[Ultimately (partly via Greek and Armenian) from Ottoman Turkish, possibly colloquial alteration of baklavī, chain mail (perhaps because a tray of baklava cut into lozenges somewhat resembles chain mail), from Ottoman naval jargon bakla, chain link, from Ottoman Turkish bakla, fava bean (the oblong shape of a chain link being likened to that of a bean), from Arabic baqla, leguminous plant, from baqala, to sprout; akin to Akkadian baqālu, to malt, sprout, and Ge'ez baqwala, to sprout.]baklava (ˈbɑːkləˌvɑː) or baclavan (Cookery) a rich cake of Middle Eastern origin consisting of thin layers of pastry filled with nuts and honey[from Turkish]ba•kla•va (ˈbɑ kləˌvɑ, ˌbɑ kləˈvɑ)
n. a Greek and Middle Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and drenched in honey. [1815–25; < Turkish] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  baklava - rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honeypastry - any of various baked foods made of dough or batter |
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