korovai

Korovai at a bread festival in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

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

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