kishke

English

Alternative forms

• kishka, kiszka, kishkeh

Etymology

Attested in English since the late 1930s, from Yiddish קישקע (kishke), from Slavic—Polish kiszka, Russian кишка́ (kišká), or Ukrainian ки́шка (kýška). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kyšьka (“intestine, stomach”). Related to Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”) and possibly Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪʃkə/

Noun

kishke (plural kishkes)

1. A dish made from stuffed intestine.
2. (informal, often in the plural) Intestines, guts.
   • 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint:

     Subsequently she was over the toilet all night throwing up. ‘My kishkas came out from that thing! Some practical joker!’

   Oy a broch! I was so worried! I knew something was wrong. In my kishkes, I could feel it!

Synonyms

• (dish): blood pudding, blood sausage
• (dish): derma, stuffed derma, stuffed kishke
• (intestines): stomach, gut, guts

References

• “kishke”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “kishke”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “kishke”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “kishke” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
• “kishka” and “kishke” in Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Joan Houston Hall (1985), Dictionary of American Regional English, p 228, Harvard University Press, ISBN 067420519
• Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “кишка”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 674

Further reading

• kishke on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Shekki