bulgur

[buhl-ger, bool-] Origin

bul·gur

[buhl-ger, bool-]
noun
a form of wheat that has been parboiled, cracked, and dried.

Origin:
1925–30; < Turkish (< Arabic burghul, burghūl) < Persian
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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bulgur (ˈbʌlɡə)
 
n
Also called: burghul a kind of dried cracked wheat
 
[C20: from Turkish, from Arabic burghul, from Persian]

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bulgur
cereal food, from Turkish bulghur, bulgar.
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