קאָקס

Yiddish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔks/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Koks, Polish koks, or Russian кокс (koks).

Noun

קאָקס • (koks) m

1. coke (solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven)

Derived terms

• קאָקסירן (koksirn, “to coke”)

See also

• (cocaine): קאָקאַיִן (kokain)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Polish kok, from French coque, from Old French coque, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos).

Noun

קאָקס • (koks) m, plural קאָקסן (koksn), diminutive קעקסל (keksl)

1. bun (of hair)

   Synonyms: גרעק (grek), קובליק (kublik)

See also

• (bun (bread)): בולקע (bulke), זעמל (zeml)

References

• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קאָקס”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “bun (hair)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “coke, n. (charcoal)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN