Gözleme
/ɡœzˈle.me/noun
A Turkish flatbread filled with ingredients such as cheese, spinach, or minced meat and cooked on a griddle.
Did you know?The word’s etymology is debated: it is commonly connected with Turkish gözlemek, “to watch,” but some scholars associate it with közlemek, “to cook over embers.”
Etymological Timeline
Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish
gözleme
“A filled flatbread or pastry; the form later used in modern Turkish.”
Modern Turkish
Turkish
gözleme
“A thin dough preparation cooked on a griddle, usually with a savory filling.”
Modern Turkish
Turkish
gözlemek
“To watch, observe, or keep an eye on; a traditional explanation connects the food’s name with watching it while cooking.”
Possible older source
Turkish
közleme
“Cooking over köz, “embers”; some etymological accounts propose that this was the earlier form, later reshaped as gözleme.”
20th–21st Century
English
gözleme
“A Turkish stuffed flatbread adopted as a culinary loanword in English.”