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Yiddish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Koks, Polish koks, or Russian кокс (koks).
Noun
קאָקס • (koks) m
- coke (solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven)
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Polish kok, from French coque, from Old French coque, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos).
Noun
קאָקס • (koks) m, plural קאָקסן (koksn), diminutive קעקסל (keksl)
- bun (of hair)
- Synonyms: גרעק (grek), קובליק (kublik)
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References
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קאָקס”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “bun (hair)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “coke, n. (charcoal)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN