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βορβύλα

borbula

round pastry made from poppy and sesame, of the size of a loaf of bread

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What it meant

1. βορβύλα · borbyla — Beekes

βορβύλα - πέμμα στρογγύλον διὰ μήκωνος καὶ σησάμης μεγέθους ἄρτου ‘round pastry made from poppy and sesame, of the size of a loaf of bread’ (H.). «Lw Anat> *ETYM Szemerényi Gnomon 43 (1971): 661 compares Hitt. N’’?4purpura- ‘Klotz’ or ‘Kugel, Knédel’. Names of pastries are frequently borrowed from Asia Minor. — [Beekes, s.v. βορβύλα, p. 274]

2. βορβύλα · borbyla — LSJ

cake

a cake made of poppy and sesame, Hsch.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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