different between gorelka vs horilka

English

Noun

gorelka (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of horilka

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gorelka.

English

Alternative forms

• gorilka
• ghorilka

Etymology

From Ukrainian ???????? (horílka, “vodka”). Compare South Russian ???????? (gorélka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho??ilka/
• Hyphenation: hor?il?ka

Noun

horilka (countable and uncountable, plural horilkas)

1. Ukrainian distilled spirit, sometimes flavoured with hot peppers.
   • 1931, Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Lincoln Hutchinson ed., Hidden Springs of the Russian Revolution: Personal Memoirs of Katerina Breshkovskaia, Stanford University Press, p 32:

     In return for a glass of horilka he took us to the other end of the village, showed us an empty hut, and introduced us to its owner.

Usage notes

This is a foreign term not fully naturalized in English, usually italicized.

Synonyms

• brandy
• corn-brandy
• vodka
• whisky, whiskey

Related terms

• gorelka
• gorza?ka

Translations

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:horilka. See also Citations:gorelka.