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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from Belarusian паштэ́т (paštét), Polish pasztet and/or Russian паште́т (paštét), ultimately from German Pastete. Direct inheritance as a dialectal cognate to Pastete would have yielded a feminine gender.
Pronunciation
Noun
פּאַשטעט • (pashtet) m, plural פּאַשטעטן (pashtetn)
- pâté
Derived terms
See also
- (pate, head): קאָפּ (kop)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּאַשטעט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “pâté”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN