דריידל

Yiddish

Etymology

From דרייען (dreyen, “turn, spin”) +‎ ־ל (-l, “diminutive”).

Noun

דריידל • (dreydl) n, plural דריידלעך (dreydlekh)

1. spinning top
2. (specifically) Hanukkah dreidel

Further reading

• Map of dialectal variants for "dreidel" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz