baklava

noun

: a dessert made of thin pastry, nuts, and honey

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No one should go to Mazi without saving room for dessert, and that dessert should be the baklava sundae. Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2025 This variant is finished with walnuts, pistachios, cassia bark and honey, intending to evoke flavours of homemade baklava. July 22, 2025: An earlier version of this article misstated the year of the first release of Bourbon County Brand Stout. Don Tse, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 The huge dessert spread includes classics like baklava, fruit cakes and cakes. Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025 Gyros, kebabs, baklava and spanakopita would arrive in red baskets lined with wax paper and a side of fries. Charlie Kolodziej, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for baklava

Word History

Etymology

Turkish

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of baklava was in 1902

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“Baklava.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baklava. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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