Definitions

  • n. A small loaf of bread or a bread roll.

Example Sentences

  • "Fresh out of the oven, homemade panizikos (a pet name) are divine!" (Sephardic Heritage Cookbook: Ottoman, Persian, Moroccan, Egyptian Recipes and More by Sephardic Temple Or Chadash Sisterhood)


Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • paniziko, diminutive of pan 'bread'

    • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

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