The word baklava is first attested in English in 1650,[4] a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish بقلاوه /bɑːklɑvɑː/.[5][6] The name baklava is used in many languages with minor phonetic and spelling variations.
Buell argues that the word "baklava" may come from the Mongolian root baγla- 'to tie, wrap up, pile up' composed with the Turkic verbal ending -v;[baγla- itself in Mongolian is a Turkic loanword.[8] However, a possible Turkish origin is rejected by German Turkologist G. Doerfer. Another form of the word is also recorded in Persian, باقلبا (bāqlabā).Though the suffix -vā might suggest a Persian origin, the baqla- part does not appear to be Persian and remains of unknown origin.
The Arabic name بقلاوة baqlāwa is doubtless a borrowing from Turkish,[14] though a folk etymology, unsupported by Wehr's dictionary, connects it to Arabic بقلة /baqlah/ 'bean
Buell argues that the word "baklava" may come from the Mongolian root baγla- 'to tie, wrap up, pile up' composed with the Turkic verbal ending -v;[baγla- itself in Mongolian is a Turkic loanword.[8] However, a possible Turkish origin is rejected by German Turkologist G. Doerfer. Another form of the word is also recorded in Persian, باقلبا (bāqlabā).Though the suffix -vā might suggest a Persian origin, the baqla- part does not appear to be Persian and remains of unknown origin.
The Arabic name بقلاوة baqlāwa is doubtless a borrowing from Turkish,[14] though a folk etymology, unsupported by Wehr's dictionary, connects it to Arabic بقلة /baqlah/ 'bean
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