פּעקאַנפּײַ

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, פּעקאַן (pekan) +‎ פּײַ (pay). Possibly directly borrowed from English pecan pie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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פּעקאַנפּײַ (pekanpaym, plural פּעקאַנפּײַען (pekanpayen)

  1. pecan pie

References

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