boyikos
Definitions
n. Small cheese biscuits that originate from the Sephardic cuisine of the Balkans and Turkey.
Example Sentences
"Try throwing in fresh herbs into the batter, or chopped walnuts, a little grainy mustard or do as my mother does and add a pitted olive in each boyikos." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Ladino
Etymology
diminutive of boyo, meaning 'bun'
- Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire
- North America
- None
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Alternative Spellings
boiyikos, boiyicos, boyicos
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