אָרטאָגראַפֿיע

Yiddish

Etymology

Probably from orthographia, possibly via German, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀρθογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (orthogrăphĭ́ā). Compare German Orthografie, English orthography.[1]

Noun

אָרטאָגראַפֿיע • (ortografye) f, plural אָרטאָגראַפֿיעס (ortografyes)

  1. (linguistics) orthography, spelling (system)
  • אָרטאָגראַפֿיש (ortografish)

See also

References

  1. ^ “Orthografie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אָרטאָגראַפֿיע”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 719
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