bourek بوراك
Algerian Darja · noun
“bourek” (بوراك) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning bourek, fried stuffed pastry roll.
Meanings
- bourek, fried stuffed pastry roll
Usage
Bourek is a roll of dioul (very thin pastry sheet), stuffed and then fried. It is most often filled with minced meat, but also with chicken, cheese or potato. It is inseparable from the Ramadan table, where it is served with chorba. The word comes from Turkish, introduced in the Ottoman period. It is used as a collective noun: "klit lbourek" (I ate bourek); for a single roll, one says "7abba bourek". In Algerian French, it is most often spelled "bourek".
Example
في رمضان ما يخطاش البوراك على الطابلة
f ramdan ma yekhtach lbourek 3la tabla
“During Ramadan, bourek is never missing from the table.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bourek” but also “bourak”, “borek” and “bouraq”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.