pirozhki en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɪˈɹɒʃkɪ/
- /pɪˈɹɒʒkɪ/
Etymology
From Russian пирожки́ (pirožkí), plural of пирожо́к (pirožók), which is in turn a diminutive of пиро́г (piróg, “pie”). (In Russian Mennonite communities, borrowed first into Plautdietsch in Russia and Ukraine, and then taken from Plautdietsch into English in the US.) Doublet of pyrizhky and perieschkje.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
Nica handed Mark a pirazhok. Maybe from the extra excitement, maybe because the pirozhki really were delicious, she swallowed them both immediately.
2012, Margarita Borkaev, Far Away Run the Roads, Xlibris, page 110:I have found that, at every reception or cocktail party given at our embassy, pirozhki is a favourite, second only to our Russian caviar and vodka.
1968, Soviet Life, volumes 136-147, Embassy of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA, page 15:In the morning the people wished Yefim good-speed; they loaded him with pirozhki for his journey, and they went to their work: and Yefim started on his way.
1887, Lev (Leo) N. Tolstoy, Nathan Haskell Dole transl., “The Two Pilgrims”, in Iván Ilyitch and Other Stories, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., p 174
- (countable, uncountable) A single such pastry.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| piroschki | alternative | lexicographic | |
| peroshky | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pyrizhky | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pirozhkis | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pirozhki | Number=Sing | lexicographic | |
| pirozhki | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pirozhky | alternative | lexicographic | |
| piroshky | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pirozhok | Number=Sing | lexicographic | |
| peroshki | alternative | lexicographic | |
| piroshki | alternative | lexicographic | |
| perieschkje | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (30)
uk пиріжки́ (small pastries) · el πιροσκί (small pastries) · uk пиріжо́к (small pastries) · ru пирожо́к (small pastries) · fa پیراشکی (small pastries) · hy կարկանդակ (small pastries) · be піражо́к (small pastries) · fi piirakat (small pastries) · uz pirogcha (small pastries) · cmn 小餡餅 /小馅饼 (small pastries) · ko 피로슈키 (small pastries) · ja ピロシキ (small pastries) · hu pirog (small pastries) · de Piroschki (small pastries) · sah бэрэски (small pastries) · fi piirakka (small pastries) · he פִּירוֹזְ׳קִי (small pastries) · uz pirojka (small pastries) · mn пирожки (small pastries) · rsk пирожки (small pastries) · be піражкі́ (small pastries) · az pirojok (small pastries) · pl pirożek (small pastries) · de Pirogge (small pastries) · fr pirojki (small pastries) · mk пирошка (small pastries) · sv pirog (small pastries) · cmn 皮羅什基 /皮罗什基 (small pastries) · ru пирожки́ (small pastries) · mn пирошки (small pastries)