геврек

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گورك (gevrek, literally “crispy”), from گورمك (gevremek, literally “to become crisp”).

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛˈvrɛk]
• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Syllabification^(key): ге‧врек
• Hyphenation^(key): гев‧рек

гевре́к • (gevrék) m (diminutive гевре́че)

1. simit; bagel; pretzel (ring-shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds)

   Пре́сните гевре́ци спа́дат към оне́зи заку́ски, кои́то сме сви́кнали да купу́ваме от закусва́лнята, а не да приго́твяме вкъ́щи.

   Présnite gevréci spádat kǎm onézi zakúski, koíto sme svíknali da kupúvame ot zakusválnjata, a ne da prigótvjame vkǎ́šti.

   Fresh bagels are among those snacks that we are used to buying from a snack bar rather than preparing at home.

2. (automotive, colloquial) steering wheel

   Synonym: вола́н (volán)

• “геврек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “геврек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “геврек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 235

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛvrɛk]

геврек • (gevrek)

1. misspelling of ѓеврек (ǵevrek)