"bulgur" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌl.ɡɚ/, /ˈbʊl.ɡɚ/ Forms: bulgurs [plural]
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur) (modern Turkish bulgur), by metathesis from older بورغول (burğul), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), from Persian برغول (barğul), پرغول (parğul). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ota|بلغور|tr=bulğur}} Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur), {{cog|tr|bulgur}} Turkish bulgur, {{glossary|metathesis}} metathesis, {{m|ota|بورغول|tr=burğul}} بورغول (burğul), {{der|en|ar|بُرْغُل}} Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), {{der|en|fa|برغول|tr=barğul}} Persian برغول (barğul), {{m|fa|پرغول|tr=parğul}} پرغول (parğul) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bulgur (countable and uncountable, plural bulgurs)
  1. Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking. Wikipedia link: bulgur Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: bulgur wheat, bulgar, bulghur, burghul, bourghul, bulgoor, bulghoor Translations (Middle Eastern food): bollgur (Albanian), بُرْغُل (burḡul) [masculine] (Arabic), բլղուր (blġur) (Armenian), ձավար (javar) (Armenian), ܓܘܼܪܓܘܼܪ (gurgūr) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), bulqur (Azerbaijani), булгур (bulgur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), búrgul [masculine] (Catalan), bulgur [masculine] (Catalan), πουργούρι (pourgoúri) [neuter] (Cypriot Greek), πουρκούρι (pourkoúri) [neuter] (Cypriot Greek), bulgur (Finnish), bulgurvehnä (Finnish), boulgour [masculine] (French), boulghour (French), πλιγούρι (pligoúri) [neuter] (Greek), bulgur (Hungarian), purgurium [masculine] (Latin), savar [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), bolgor [masculine] (Occitan), بلغور (bolğur) (Persian), bulgur [masculine] (Polish), triguilho [masculine] (Portuguese), bulgur (Portuguese), burghul (Portuguese), булгу́р (bulgúr) [masculine] (Russian), bulgur [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bulgur (Spanish), burghul (Spanish), bulgur [common-gender] (Swedish), bulgur (Turkish)
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