revani

From Albanian revani, Greek ρεβανί (revaní), and Turkish revani.

revani (uncountable)

1. Synonym of basbousa.
   • 2004, “Zara”, in Phil Harriss, editor, Time Out Cheap Eats in London (Time Out Guides), 2nd edition, London: Penguin Books, “North” section, “Hampstead & Belsize Park” subsection, page 298, column 2:

     Dessert of revani (cake soaked in honey with semolina and yoghurt) was lovely.

   • 2006, Barbara Sheen, “Drenched in Syrup”, in Foods of Greece (A Taste of Culture), Farmington Hills, Mich.: KidHaven Press, Thomson Gale, →ISBN, chapter 3 (Snacks and Sweets), page 38:

     Revani, a rich almond cake with cinnamon-brandy syrup, is probably the most popular of all syrup cakes. After visiting a pastry shop in northern Greece, Kochilas recalls just how popular revani is: “The shop sells nothing but trays and trays of revani . . . for the lines of people who are always waiting, inside and out.”

   • 2018 September, Rusen Metin Yildirim, Tuncay Gumus, Muhammet Arici, “Optimization of a gluten free formulation of the Turkish dessert revani using different types of flours, protein sources and transglutaminase”, in LWT – Food Science and Technology, volume 95, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 72:

     Revani is a dessert made from semolina and syrup, which is mostly consumed in Middle Eastern countries and in Turkey. However celiac patients cannot consume revani because semolina contains gluten.

   • 2022 July, Melissa See, “Daisy”, in You, Me, and Our Heartstrings, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN:

     Mazhar looks up at me before slicing into his revani. A tiny mountain of pistachios crumbles into the lemon syrup, and cake crumbs dribble onto the front of his maroon sweatshirt. […] I copy him. The syrup is both tart and sweet, the pistachios crunchy and earthy on my tongue. […] I stuff another forkful of revani into my mouth.

From Ottoman Turkish روغنی (revğani, “oily, syrupy”), from Persian روغن (rowġan, “oil, butter”).

• IPA^(key): /revaːˈni/

revani (definite accusative revaniyi, plural revaniler)

1. basbousa, a traditional Ottoman semolina cake topped with syrup

• revani on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tr
• “revani”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu