פּראָשיק

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Most likely borrowed from Polish proszek, with the ending changed to native ־יק (-ik).

Noun

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פּראָשיק (proshikm, plural פּראָשקעס (proshkes)

  1. powder
    Synonym: פּודער (puder)
  2. medicine

Derived terms

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References

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Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “פּראָשיק”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press