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Gozleme

2 stages from Turkish to English.

Today it means a Turkish flatbread folded around a filling and cooked on a griddle

Where does the word "gozleme" come from? It comes from Turkish gözleme, adopted directly into English (1990s).

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Stage 1 of 2
gözleme
Turkish · medieval
"filled flatbread"
rolled thin by village women and cooked on the domed iron 'sac' griddle
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Stage 2 of 2
gozleme
English · 1990s
"Turkish filled flatbread"
a fixture of Australian markets, brought by Turkish immigrants who arrived under a 1967 migration agreement
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Gozleme’s story begins in Turkish: gözleme meant “filled flatbread.” Rolled thin by village women and cooked on the domed iron 'sac' griddle. It reached English by 1990s as gozleme. A fixture of Australian markets, brought by Turkish immigrants who arrived under a 1967 migration agreement. Today, gozleme means a Turkish flatbread folded around a filling and cooked on a griddle.