baklava
/ˈbæk.lə.və/noun
baklava is spelled B-A-K-L-A-V-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baklava means “A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of baklava is baklavas or baklavalar.
How many letters and syllables are in baklava?
| Letters | 7: B-A-K-L-A-V-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is baklava?
Baklava appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce baklava?
- /ˈbæk.lə.və/
- /ˈbɑk.lə.və/
- /bəˈklɑː.və/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-baklava.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of baklava
- baklavas plural
- baklavalar plural
- baclava
- baklawa
- baklawah
- paklava
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does baklava mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Baklava in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sweet pastry:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does baklava come from?
Borrowed from Turkish baklava, from Ottoman Turkish باقلوا (baklava) (see for more); possibly from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠭᠯᠠᠭᠠ (baɣlaɣ-a, “bundle, package”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).