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Yiddish
Etymology
From דרייען (dreyen, “turn, spin”) + ־ל (-l, “diminutive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
דריידל • (dreydl) n, plural דריידלעך (dreydlekh)
- spinning top
- (specifically) Hanukkah dreidel
1912, Mordkhe Rivesman (lyrics and music), “Oy Khanike [Oh Chanukah]”:אַלע נאַכט אין דריידלעך שפילן מיר / זודיק־הייסע לאַטקעס, עסט אָן אַ שיעור- ale nakht in dreydlekh shpiln mir / zudik-heyse latkes, est on a shir
- Every night with dreidels we will play / Boiling hot latkes, eat them endlessly.
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