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baranka

baranka noun: a traditional Russian dough ring, somewhat smaller than a bublik, but also thinner and drier.

baranka: a traditional Russian dough ring, somewhat smaller than a bublik, but also thinner and drier
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Noun

baranka (plural barankas or baranki)

  1. A traditional Russian dough ring, somewhat smaller than a bublik, but also thinner and drier.
    • How comical we should have looked on a country road in old England, as we jogged along, almost buried in our cushions, with our eggs in our fingers and the salt in a paper receptacle; and ever and anon stretching out our arms at full length for the baranki, which depended in graceful festoons over...1859, [Mary Ann Pellew Smith], “Monastery of Verlama—Derjaëvin’s Grave—Bronitzee—[…]”, in Six Years’ Travels in Russia. […], volume II, London: Hurst and Blackett, […], page 15
    • I had bought some barankas—dry Russian biscuits—en route.1911 February, [Stephen Graham], “The Conversion of Vania: A Sidelight on the Russian National Liquor Monopoly”, in Scientific Temperance Journal, volume XX, number 6, Boston, Mass.: The Scientific...

Examples of baranka in a sentence

  • Soviet machines used in making Russian national food, such as delicious patties stuffed with meat, fruit or cottage cheese, pelmeni, dumplings, boubliks and barankas, are popular in many countries.1971, Foreign Trade, U.S.S.R. Ministry of Foreign Trade, page 42, columns 1–2:
  • Huge samovars are kept on the boil and there are boubliks and barankas (thick, ring-shaped rolls).1981, Cynthia Carlile, transl., Suzdal, Progress Publishers, page 115:
  • We drop our eyes, mumble something inarticulate, add more tea to each other’s glasses, and nibble barankas.1984, Jackson J[erald] Benson, “The Last Battle”, in The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography, New York, N.Y.: The Viking...
  • We have a monopoly in Kiev on barankas and diabetic bread roll items.1984 October, F. M. Agranovich, “First Results of Experiment Reported”, in A. G. Aganbegyan, editor, EKO: Economics and Organization of...

Forms of baranka

pluralbarankas
pluralbaranki

Origin of baranka

Borrowed from Russian бара́нка (baránka).

Questions about baranka

What does baranka mean?
Baranka means a traditional Russian dough ring, somewhat smaller than a bublik, but also thinner and drier.
How do you use baranka in a sentence?
Soviet machines used in making Russian national food, such as delicious patties stuffed with meat, fruit or cottage cheese, pelmeni, dumplings, boubliks and barankas, are popular in many countries.
What part of speech is baranka?
Baranka is a noun.
What is the plural of baranka?
The plural of baranka is barankas.

Words near baranka in the dictionary

  1. Barangay West
  2. barangays
  3. barani
  4. baranis
  5. Baranivka
  6. baranka
  7. barankas
  8. baranki
  9. Baranof
  10. Baranowski
  11. Baranowskis

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