פּעטרישקע
Yiddish
Alternative forms
- פּיעטרושקע (pyetrushke), פּעטרושקע (petrushke), פּעטרעשקע (petreshke)
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish pietruszka, Russian, Ukrainian петру́шка (petrúška), although note the shift in syllable stress.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛtrɪʃkə/
Noun
פּעטרישקע • (petrishke) f
Derived terms
- (ס׳איז) הפֿקר פּעטרישקע ((s'iz) hefker petrishke, “anything goes!”, literally “it's abandoned parsley”)
Related terms
- פּעטרישניק (petrishnik, “hedge parsley”)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּעטרישקע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “parsley”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN