שפּינאַט

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Persian اسفناج (esfenâj). Cognate to or borrowed from German Spinat. Compare also Russian шпина́т (špinát) and Ukrainian шпина́т (špynát). Doublet of שפּינאַק (shpinak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpɪˈnat/

Noun

שפּינאַט • (shpinat) m

1. spinach

   Synonym: שפּינאַק (shpinak)

Derived terms

• יונגער שפּינאַט (yunger shpinat, “baby spinach”)

References

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