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7 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey
originBorrowed from Turkish baklava, from Ottoman Turkish باقلوا (baklava) (see for more); possibly from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠭᠯᠠᠭᠠ (baɣlag-a, “bundle, package”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0