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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Cracked wheat grains, often used in Middle Eastern dishes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun parched crushed wheat.

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  • noun wheat grains that have been steamed, dried and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.

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  • noun parched crushed wheat

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Ottoman Turkish bulğur, from Arabic burg̣ul, burg̣ūl, from Persian barghūl.]

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From Turkish bulgur , from Arabic برغل (búrğul), from Persian برغول (barğūl).

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