Definitions For Varenyky

Noun

image:varenyky.jpg, thumb, varenyky {{en-plural noun}} Boiled dumplings stuffed with potato, cheese, or other filling; a serving of these; Plural of varenyk.

Usage notes

The food has come to English through various cultures and languages, and may be spelled according to its cultural context or linguistic source: varenyky in a Ukrainian context, vareniki in a Russian or Jewish context, or wareniki or wareneki in a Mennonite context. The name of the dish is often treated as plural only, but the singular form varenyk or varenik is in use. Sometimes back-formed plurals like varenikes, varenikis, or varenykys also appear occasionally.

Synonyms

perogies, perogy potsticker

Translations

Afrikaans: wareniki Belarusian: варэ́нік, m, варэ́нікі, m-p {{qualifier, usually plural as a dish}} Bulgarian: варе́ники, m-p Chinese: : Mandarin: 甜餡餃子, sc=Hani}}, {{t, cmn, 甜馅饺子 (tiánxiàn jiǎozi, sc=Hani) French: varenyky, m-p, vareniki, m German: Wareniki, p Japanese: ヴァレーヌィク (warēniku, sc=Jpan), ヴァレーヌィクィ (warēniki, sc=Jpan), ヴァレーニキ (warēniki, sc=Jpan) Korean: 바레니키, sc=Kore Lithuanian: virtiniai, p Polish: pierogi, m-p, wareniki, m-p Portuguese: vareniki, m-p Russian: варе́ник, m, варе́ники, m-p {{qualifier, usually plural as a dish}} Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: вареники, p : Roman: vareniki, m-p Spanish: varenyky, m, varénique, m Ukrainian: варе́ник, m, варе́ники, m-p {{qualifier, usually plural as a dish}}, пироги́, m-p {{qualifier, Western Ukraine}}

Alternative forms

vareniki wareneki, wareniki

Etymology

From {{bor, en, uk, варе́ники, g=p}}, singular варе́ник, , and related terms in other languages, e.g. {{bor, en, ru, варе́ники}} and (particularly in Mennonite communities) {{bor, en, pdt, Wareniki}}. The Ukrainian term comes from ва́рений, , boiled, from вари́ти, , to boil, to cook, from {{der, en, orv, варити, }}, from {{der, en, sla-pro, variti, , to cook}} + masculine ending -ик. Compare вар, , boiling liquid; cooking, boiling, from {{der, en, sla-pro, *varъ}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *wer-, , to burn, blacken}}.