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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from French échalote. Compare German Schalotte. Difference in grammatical gender likely due to Russian and Ukrainian шало́т m (šalót).
Pronunciation
Noun
שאַלאָט • (shalot) m, plural שאַלאָטן (shalotn)
- shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum)
See also
References
Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “שאַלאָט”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press