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pirozhki

/pɪˈɹɒʒkɪ/

pirozhki noun: small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.

pirozhki: small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern...
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Noun

pirozhki (countable and uncountable, plural pirozhki or pirozhkis)

  1. Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
    • Nica handed Mark a pirazhok.
      Maybe from the extra excitement, maybe because the pirozhki really were delicious, she swallowed them both immediately.2012, Margarita Borkaev, Far Away Run the Roads, Xlibris, page 110
    • I have found that, at every reception or cocktail party given at our embassy, pirozhki is a favourite, second only to our Russian caviar and vodka.1968, Soviet Life, volumes 136-147, Embassy of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA, page 15
  2. A single such pastry.

pirozhki meaning in Persian

pirozhki in Persian

small pastries
پیراشکی pirâški

Forms of pirozhki

pluralpirozhki
pluralpirozhkis
singularpirozhki
singularpirozhok
alternative formperoshki
alternative formperoshky
alternative formpiroschki
alternative formpiroshki
alternative formpiroshky
alternative formpirozhky
alternative formpyrizhky
alternative formperieschkje

Origin of pirozhki

From Russian пирожки́ (pirožkí), plural of пирожо́к (pirožók), which is in turn a diminutive of пиро́г (piróg, “pie”). (In Russian Mennonite communities, borrowed first into Plautdietsch in Russia and Ukraine, and then taken from Plautdietsch into English in the US.) Doublet of pyrizhky and perieschkje.

Questions about pirozhki

What does pirozhki mean?
Pirozhki means small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
What is pirozhki in Persian?
Pirozhki in Persian is پیراشکی (pirâški). See Pirozhki meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is pirozhki?
Pirozhki is a noun.
How do you pronounce pirozhki?
Pirozhki is pronounced /pɪˈɹɒʒkɪ/.
What is the plural of pirozhki?
The plural of pirozhki is pirozhki.

Words near pirozhki in the dictionary

  1. Pirouzfar
  2. Pirouzfars
  3. piroxantrone
  4. piroxicam
  5. pirozadil
  6. pirozhki
  7. pirozhkies
  8. pirozhkis
  9. pirozhky
  10. pirozhok
  11. Pirozzi

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