بلغور

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

By metathesis from برغول (burgûl), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), ultimately from Persian برغول (barğul), پرغول (parğul).[1][2]

Noun

بلغور • (bulğur)

  1. bulgur
  2. graupel

Descendants
  • Turkish: bulgur
  • → Armenian: բլղուր (blġur)
  • → English: bulgur
  • → French: boulghour
  • → Georgian: ბურღული (burɣuli)
  • → Greek: πλιγούρι (pligoúri)
  • → Laz: ბურღული (burğuli), ბუღური (buğuri)
  • → Romanian: bulgur

References
  1. bulgur in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bulgur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بلغور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian
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