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Yiddish
Etymology
קאַיען (kayen) borrowed from Old Tupi quiínia (“hot pepper”). Compare German Cayennepfeffer.
Pronunciation
Noun
קאַיענער פֿעפֿער • (kayener fefer) m
- cayenne pepper
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “cayenne pepper”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN