друшляк

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Ukrainian

 друшляк on Ukrainian Wikipedia
пластиковий друшляк

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish druszlak (a dialectal metathesis of durszlak), from German Durchschlag.[1] Compare Russian дуршла́г (duršlág).

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Noun

друшля́к (drušljákm inan (genitive друшляка́, nominative plural друшляки́, genitive plural друшлякі́в)

  1. colander, strainer (bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “друшляк”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 136

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