באַמיע

Yiddish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بامیه (bamya), possibly via Russian ба́мия (bámija) or Belarusian and Ukrainian ба́мія (bámija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbamjə/

Noun

באַמיע • (bamye) f

  1. (botany) okra, Abelmoschus esculentus

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “okra”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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