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bulgur

/ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/

bulgur noun: wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.

bulgur: wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking
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Noun

bulgur (countable and uncountable, plural bulgurs)

  1. Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.
    • Before man baked bread, he made bulgur by parboiling wheat and spreading it out in the sun to dry. […] Every household in the Near East prepared a year's store of bulgur in the fall after the wheat harvest.1961, Frederic R. Senti, W. Dayton Maclay, “Age-Old Uses of Seeds and Some New Ones”, in Yearbook of Agriculture, The United States Department of Agriculture, page 31
    Synonyms:
    bulgur wheat

bulgur meaning in Arabic and Persian

bulgur in Arabic

Middle Eastern food
بُرْغُل burḡul

bulgur in Persian

Middle Eastern food
بلغور bolġur

Synonyms of bulgur

Forms of bulgur

pluralbulgurs
alternative formbulgar
alternative formbulghur
alternative formburghul
alternative formborghol
alternative formbourghul
alternative formbulgoor
alternative formbulghoor

Origin of bulgur

From Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur) (modern Turkish bulgur), by metathesis from older بورغول (burğul), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), from Persian برغول (barġul), پرغول (parġul).

Phrases with bulgur

Words that rhyme with bulgur

Questions about bulgur

What does bulgur mean?
Bulgur means wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.
What is bulgur in Arabic?
Bulgur in Arabic is بُرْغُل (burḡul). See Bulgur meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is bulgur?
Bulgur is a noun.
How do you pronounce bulgur?
Bulgur is pronounced /ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of bulgur?
The plural of bulgur is bulgurs.

Words near bulgur in the dictionary

  1. bulgogi
  2. bulgogis
  3. bulgoor
  4. Bulgrecian
  5. Bulgreecian
  6. bulgur
  7. bulgur wheat
  8. bulgurs
  9. bulgy
  10. Bulhakivka
  11. Bulhalafushi

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