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) τσουρεκάκι n (tsourekáki)

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.

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