פּאַטשורע
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived variously through Belarusian па́шча (pášča), Polish paszcza, dialectal Ukrainian па́ща (pášča), with a suffix ־ורע (-ure) of unclear derivation.
Noun[edit]
פּאַטשורע • (patshure) f, plural פּאַטשורעס (patshures)
- (colloquial) face, mug
References[edit]
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פּאַטשורע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Yiddish Dictionary of the Slavic Inheritance: letter P, Jos August Janssen, page 518