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Meaning of bulgur | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية برغل
Català búrgul
Español bulgur burghul
فارسی بلغور
Հայերեն բլղուր ձավար
Kurdî bulgur
Polski bulgur
Português bulgur burghul triguilho
Русский булгу́р
Shqip bollgur
Türkçe bulgur hedik

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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