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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian гвозди́ка (gvozdíka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡvɔzˈdɪkə/, /ɡvɔzˈdikə/
Noun
גוואָזדיקע • (gvozdike) f, plural גוואָזדיקעס (gvozdikes)
- (botany) carnation, pink (Dianthus)
- Synonym: נעגעלע (negele)
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “carnation”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN