בירזשע

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Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian би́ржа (bírža), Ukrainian бі́ржа (bírža). Compare Georgian ბირჟა (birža), Kazakh, Kyrgyz биржа (birja), Latvian birža, Lithuanian bìrža, Uzbek birja. Doublet of בערזע (berze).

Pronunciation

Noun

בירזשע (birzhef, plural בירזשעס (birzhes)

  1. stock market
  2. stock exchange

Usage notes

  • Note that unlike in English, Yiddish does not differentiate between the market and the physical place where the stock trading takes place.

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “בירזשע”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press