באַקאַליי

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl). Compare Ladino bakkal, Russian бакале́я (bakaléja). The sense "dried fruit" derives from Polish bakalie.

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO) IPA(key): /bakaˈlɛɪ̯/

Noun

באַקאַליי • (bakaley) f

  1. (collective) groceries
  2. dried fruit

Derived terms

References

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “באַקאַליי”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press

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