how to pronounce baklava

/ˈbæk.lə.vɑː/

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baklava is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of baklava in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… needs baklava like I need mean and how …”

meanings of baklava

noun:

A popular sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry.

baklava frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word baklava occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics baklava can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that baklava can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;