bulgur

English

Alternative forms

• bulgar, bulghur, burghul, bourghul, bulgoor, bulghoor

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur) (modern Turkish bulgur), by metathesis from older بورغول (burğul), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), from Persian برغول (barğul), پرغول (parğul).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌl.ɡɚ/, /ˈbʊl.ɡɚ/

Noun

bulgur (countable and uncountable, plural bulgurs)

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

   Synonym: bulgur wheat

   • 1961, Frederic R. Senti, W. Dayton Maclay, “Age-Old Uses of Seeds and Some New Ones”, in Yearbook of Agriculture‎^[1], The United States Department of Agriculture, page 31:

     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.

Translations

Middle Eastern food

• Albanian: bollgur (sq)
• Arabic: بُرْغُل (ar) m (burḡul)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܘܼܪܓܘܼܪ m (gurgūr)

• Armenian: բլղուր (hy) (blġur), ձավար (hy) (javar)
• Azerbaijani: bulqur
• Bulgarian: булгур (bg) m (bulgur)
• Catalan: búrgul m, bulgur m
• Finnish: bulgur (fi), bulgurvehnä
• French: boulgour (fr) m, boulghour (fr)
• Greek: πλιγούρι (el) n (pligoúri)

  Cypriot Greek: πουργούρι n (pourgoúri), πουρκούρι n (pourkoúri)

• Hungarian: bulgur (hu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ساوار (sawar)

  Northern Kurdish: savar (ku) f

• Latin: purgurium m
• Occitan: bolgor m
• Persian: بلغور (fa) (bolğur)
• Polish: bulgur (pl) m
• Portuguese: triguilho (pt) m, bulgur, burghul
• Russian: булгу́р (ru) m (bulgúr)
• Serbo-Croatian: bulgur m
• Spanish: bulgur, burghul
• Swedish: bulgur (sv) c
• Turkish: bulgur (tr)

Finnish

Etymology

From Turkish bulgur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulɡur/, [ˈbulɡur]
• Rhymes: -ulɡur
• Syllabification^(key): bul‧gur

Noun

bulgur

1. bulgur

Declension

Inflection of bulgur (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		bulgur	—
genitive		bulgurin	—
partitive		bulguria	—
illative		bulguriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		bulgur	—
accusative	nom.	bulgur	—
	gen.	bulgurin
genitive		bulgurin	—
partitive		bulguria	—
inessive		bulgurissa	—
elative		bulgurista	—
illative		bulguriin	—
adessive		bulgurilla	—
ablative		bulgurilta	—
allative		bulgurille	—
essive		bulgurina	—
translative		bulguriksi	—
abessive		bulguritta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of bulgur (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bulgurini — accusative nom. bulgurini — gen. bulgurini genitive bulgurini — partitive bulguriani — inessive bulgurissani — elative bulguristani — illative bulguriini — adessive bulgurillani — ablative bulguriltani — allative bulgurilleni — essive bulgurinani — translative bulgurikseni — abessive bulgurittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bulgurisi — accusative nom. bulgurisi — gen. bulgurisi genitive bulgurisi — partitive bulguriasi — inessive bulgurissasi — elative bulguristasi — illative bulguriisi — adessive bulgurillasi — ablative bulguriltasi — allative bulgurillesi — essive bulgurinasi — translative bulguriksesi — abessive bulgurittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bulgurimme — accusative nom. bulgurimme — gen. bulgurimme genitive bulgurimme — partitive bulguriamme — inessive bulgurissamme — elative bulguristamme — illative bulguriimme — adessive bulgurillamme — ablative bulguriltamme — allative bulgurillemme — essive bulgurinamme — translative bulguriksemme — abessive bulgurittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bulgurinne — accusative nom. bulgurinne — gen. bulgurinne genitive bulgurinne — partitive bulgurianne — inessive bulgurissanne — elative bulguristanne — illative bulguriinne — adessive bulgurillanne — ablative bulguriltanne — allative bulgurillenne — essive bulgurinanne — translative bulguriksenne — abessive bulgurittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative bulgurinsa — accusative nom. bulgurinsa — gen. bulgurinsa genitive bulgurinsa — partitive bulguriaan bulguriansa — inessive bulgurissaan bulgurissansa — elative bulguristaan bulguristansa — illative bulguriinsa — adessive bulgurillaan bulgurillansa — ablative bulguriltaan bulguriltansa — allative bulgurilleen bulgurillensa — essive bulgurinaan bulgurinansa — translative bulgurikseen bulguriksensa — abessive bulgurittaan bulgurittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• bulgurvehnä

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بلغور (bulğur) (modern Turkish bulgur), by metathesis from older بورغول (burğul), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul), from Persian برغول (barğul), پرغول (parğul).

Noun

bulgur n (uncountable)

1. (Moldavia (region), Muntenia) bulgur

Declension

declension of bulgur (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bulgur	bulgurul
genitive/dative	(unui) bulgur	bulgurului
vocative	bulgurule

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish bulgur (“bruised grain”).

Noun

bulgur m (plural bulgures)

1. bulgur

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بورغول (burğul), بلغور (bulğur), from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɫ.ˈɡuɾ/
• Hyphenation: bul‧gur

Noun

bulgur (definite accusative bulguru, plural bulgurlar)

1. bulgur

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	bulgur
Definite accusative	bulguru
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bulgur	bulgurlar
Definite accusative	bulguru	bulgurları
Dative	bulgura	bulgurlara
Locative	bulgurda	bulgurlarda
Ablative	bulgurdan	bulgurlardan
Genitive	bulgurun	bulgurların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular bulgurum bulgurlarım 2nd singular bulgurun bulgurların 3rd singular bulguru bulgurları 1st plural bulgurumuz bulgurlarımız 2nd plural bulgurunuz bulgurlarınız 3rd plural bulgurları bulgurları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular bulgurumu bulgurlarımı 2nd singular bulgurunu bulgurlarını 3rd singular bulgurunu bulgurlarını 1st plural bulgurumuzu bulgurlarımızı 2nd plural bulgurunuzu bulgurlarınızı 3rd plural bulgurlarını bulgurlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular bulguruma bulgurlarıma 2nd singular bulguruna bulgurlarına 3rd singular bulguruna bulgurlarına 1st plural bulgurumuza bulgurlarımıza 2nd plural bulgurunuza bulgurlarınıza 3rd plural bulgurlarına bulgurlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular bulgurumda bulgurlarımda 2nd singular bulgurunda bulgurlarında 3rd singular bulgurunda bulgurlarında 1st plural bulgurumuzda bulgurlarımızda 2nd plural bulgurunuzda bulgurlarınızda 3rd plural bulgurlarında bulgurlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular bulgurumdan bulgurlarımdan 2nd singular bulgurundan bulgurlarından 3rd singular bulgurundan bulgurlarından 1st plural bulgurumuzdan bulgurlarımızdan 2nd plural bulgurunuzdan bulgurlarınızdan 3rd plural bulgurlarından bulgurlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular bulgurumun bulgurlarımın 2nd singular bulgurunun bulgurlarının 3rd singular bulgurunun bulgurlarının 1st plural bulgurumuzun bulgurlarımızın 2nd plural bulgurunuzun bulgurlarınızın 3rd plural bulgurlarının bulgurlarının

Further reading

• “bulgur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.