korovai

English

Alternative forms

karavai (from modern Russian)
kravai (from Bulgarian)

Etymology

From older Russian корова́й (korováj) (before 1956 reform) or Ukrainian корова́й (korováj). The modern Russian spelling is карава́й (karaváj).

Noun

korovai (plural korovais or korovai)

A large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding

Translations

a large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding

Armenian: կարավայ (karavay)
Belarusian: карава́й m (karaváj)
Bulgarian: крава́й (bg) m (kraváj)
Macedonian: кравај m (kravaj)
Old East Slavic: короваи m (korovai)
Polish: korowaj m
Russian: карава́й (ru) m (karaváj), корова́й (ru) m (korováj) (before 1956 reform)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кра̀ва̑ј m

Roman: kràvȃj (sh) m
Slovene: kravaj m
Ukrainian: корова́й (uk) m (korováj)

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