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Yiddish
Etymology
From a Slavic language; compare Ukrainian ло́кшина (lókšyna), Belarusian ло́кшына (lókšyna), dialectal Russian локша́ (lokšá).
Pronunciation
Noun
לאָקש • (loksh) m, plural לאָקשן (lokshn)
- noodle
- לאָקשן זופּ ― lokshn zup ― noodle soup
- vermicelli
- thin person
- (Brazil) American dollar
- (in the plural) banknotes
- (in the plural) scourge
Derived terms
- אייער־לאָקש (eyer-loksh, “egg noodle”)
- לאָקש־בוידעם (loksh-boydem), לאָקש־ציבעלע (loksh-tsibele), לאָקש־פּאָליצע (loksh-politse, “no matter what”)
- לאָקשן־קודש (lokshn-koydesh, “(hum.) Hebrew”)
- לאָקשן־קוגל (lokshn-kugl, “noodle cake, noodle pudding”)
- לאָקשנברעט (lokshnbret, “noodle cutting board”)
- לאָקשניויך (lokshnyoykh), לאָקשן־יויך (lokshn-yoykh, “noodle soup”)
- לאָקשנטאָפּ (lokshntop, “noodle pan”)
- לאָקשנטעפּל (lokshntepl, “pot for cooking noodles”)
- לאָקשען (lokshen)
- לאָקשענע (lokshene)
- תּורת־לאָקשן (toyres-lokshn, “complete nonsense”)
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