Word of the Day – Brik

Brik (noun)

brik

Especially in Tunisia and elsewhere in North Africa: a filo pastry, often triangular in form, with a savoury filling.

1930s; earliest use found in American Poultry Journal. From Maghribi Arabic (especially Tunisia) brik, ultimately (perhaps via other varieties of spoken Arabic) from Ottoman Turkish būrek.

Example sentences

“The scents from delicious brik wafted out.”