Definition
A Middle Eastern pastry dessert made of thin layers of phyllo dough, nuts, and syrup; pronounced BAH-kluh-VAH.
Etymology
From Turkish 'baklava,' possibly from a Persian root. The word traveled to English via Ottoman cuisine in the 19th-20th centuries as Middle Eastern culture became more known in Europe.
Kelly Says
Baklava's genius is physics—ultra-thin phyllo leaves create hundreds of layers that shatter when you bite them, and the honey syrup soaks through capillary action, making it equally crispy and gooey—it's nearly perfect pastry engineering.
Translations
BNবাংলা
ব্যাক্লাভা
bakklava
CACatalà
baklava
ba-kla-va
CSČeština
baklava
ba-kla-va
DADansk
baklava
ba-kla-va
DEDeutsch
Baklava
ba-kla-va
ELΕλληνικά
μπάκλαβα
mpa-kla-va
ESEspañol
baklava
ba-kla-va
FISuomi
baklava
ba-kla-va
FRFrançais
baklava
ba-kla-va
HEעברית
בַּקְלַבָּה
baklava
HUMagyar
baklava
ba-kla-va
IDBahasa Indonesia
baklava
ba-kla-va
ITItaliano
baklava
ba-kla-va
MSBahasa Melayu
baklava
ba-kla-va
MYမြန်မာ
ပေါင်လေး
paung-le
NLNederlands
baklava
ba-kla-va
NONorsk
baklava
ba-kla-va
PLPolski
baklava
ba-kla-va
PTPortuguês
baklava
ba-kla-va
RORomână
baklava
ba-kla-va
RUРусский
баклава
baklava
SVSvenska
baklava
ba-kla-va
SWKiswahili
baklava
ba-kla-va
TAதமிழ்
பாக்லாவா
ba-kla-vaa
TEతెలుగు
బాక్లవ్వా
ba-kla-vva
TRTürkçe
baklava
ba-kla-va
UKУкраїнська
баклава
baklava
VITiếng Việt
baklava
ba-kla-va