zelnik
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A traditional pastry eaten in Bulgaria and North Macedonia, composed of layers of thinly-rolled leavened wheat flour dough, or possibly phyllo pastry, filled with various combinations of sirene (a white cheese), feta cheese, eggs, sorrel, browned meat, leeks, spring onions and/or rice.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A zelnik, a stuffed, layered pastry, is one of the family’s favorite dishes. […] You will need a round zelnik pan — about 16 inches in diameter, about 2 inches deep and available from the Greek store in City Market — to make this Macedonian specialty."
- "An accomplished performer on the gaida, the proprietor would close his store in order to ‘play for the girls’ as they drank coffee and ate zelnik."
- "Easter is a very important holiday for Eastern Christians (Pravoslavi) and is lavishly celebrated with roast lamb, Easter eggs, zelnik, sweets, breads, and much more. […] Depending on the size of the family, a variety of zelniks may be prepared and stuffed with onions, leeks or cheese (bourek). […] To celebrate the Easter holiday, Ristana recalls that each Partisan was issued a small piece of zelnik and half an egg, which was all they could afford."
- "Households Rocco Monte Piano, Nono and Trieste made tomato sauce, and Household Abruzzo also made salami and preserves; household Bitola made pickles and preserves, ‘ajvar’ a special paprika relish, and because Kiril was a patisserie chef, various zelniks, and sweet delicacies such as baklava and tolumbi were prepared in the summer kitchen."
Etymology
From Bulgarian and Macedonian зелник (zelnik).
Word Breakdown
- Root: зелник