פּאַטשולי
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English patchouli or French patchouli. Compare German (Indisches) Patschuli, Russian пачу́ли (pačúli), Ukrainian пачу́лі (pačúli).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]פּאַטשולי • (patshuli) pl
- patchouli (any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil)
References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “patchouli”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN