באַמיע

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish بامیه (bamya), possibly via Russian ба́мия (bámija) or Belarusian and Ukrainian ба́мія (bámija).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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באַמיע (bamyef

  1. (botany) okra, Abelmoschus esculentus

References

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