pirozhki

Alternative forms

 * ; perieschkje
 * ; perieschkje

Etymology
From, plural of , which is in turn a diminutive of. (In communities, borrowed first into Plautdietsch in Russia and Ukraine, and then taken from  into English in the US.).

Noun
(singular pirozhki or pirozhok)


 * 1) Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
 * 2) * 1887, Lev (Leo) N. Tolstoy, Nathan Haskell Dole transl., “The Two Pilgrims”, in Iván Ilyitch and Other Stories, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., p 174:
 * In the morning the people wished Yefim good-speed; they loaded him with pirozhki for his journey, and they went to their work: and Yefim started on his way.
 * 1) A single such pastry.
 * In the morning the people wished Yefim good-speed; they loaded him with pirozhki for his journey, and they went to their work: and Yefim started on his way.
 * 1) A single such pastry.

Usage notes

 * Russian "pirozhki" and "pirogi" and Polish pierogi (its diminutive is: "pierożki") (Polish dumplings) are often mixed up. They are different dishes. See pelmeni (Russian dumplings) for the Russian version of the Polish pierogi.
 * In various regions of Ukraine these terms (пироги́, пиріжки́) may mean either the Polish "pierogi" or the Russian "pirozhki".

Related terms

 * (Polish dumplings, false friends)

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: pirojok
 * Belarusian: піражо́к, піражок
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 皮羅什基
 * Finnish:, piirakat
 * French:
 * German: ;  Piroschki
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: פירוז׳קי
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ピロシキ
 * Korean: 피로슈키
 * Macedonian: пирошка
 * Mongolian: пирожки, пирошки
 * Persian:
 * Polish: pirożki
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: пиріжо́к, пиріжок
 * Uzbek: pirojka, pirogcha
 * Yakut: бэрэски