different between wareniki vs varenyky

English

Noun

wareniki pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of varenyky

English

Alternative forms

• vareniki
• wareneki, wareniki

Etymology

From Ukrainian ????????? pl (varényky), singular ???????? (varényk), and related terms in other languages, e.g. Russian ????????? (varéniki) and (particularly in Mennonite communities) Plautdietsch Wareniki. The Ukrainian term comes from ???????? (várenyj, “boiled”), from ??????? (varýty, “to boil, to cook”), from Old East Slavic ?????? (variti), from Proto-Slavic *variti (“to cook”) + masculine ending -?? (-yk). Compare ??? (var, “boiling liquid; cooking, boiling”), from Proto-Slavic *var?, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn, blacken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v????ni?ki?/

Noun

varenyky pl (plural only)

1. 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

References

• “varenyky” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Mel?ny?uk O. S., editor (1982–2012) , “??????”, in Etymolohi?nyj slovnyk ukrajins?koji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyjiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rudnyc?kyj, Jaroslav-Bohdan (1962–1972) , “???”, in Etymolohi?nyj slovnyk ukrajins?koji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume I, Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, page 313