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bulgur

noun

  1. parboiled, cracked wheat grains
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Pronunciation: /ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/ / /ˈbʊlɡə(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur) (modern Turkish bulgur), by metathesis from older بورغول (burğul), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), from Persian برغول (barġul), پرغول (parġul).

  1. Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.

    “Before man baked bread, he made bulgur by parboiling wheat and spreading it out in the sun to dry. […] Every household in the Near East prepared a year's store of bulgur in the fall after the wheat harvest.”