פּיסאַר

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пи́сарь (písarʹ), albeit with a change in syllable stress, possibly influenced by the stressed variant of the suffix -а́рь (-árʹ) or indeed the pronunciation of סעקרעטאַר (sekretar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪˈsar/

Noun

פּיסאַר • (pisar) m

1. (Russia) clerk, secretary

   Synonym: סעקרעטאַר (sekretar)

References

• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פּיסאַר”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN