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Yiddish
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German strūz, strūze, from Old High German strūz, borrowed from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). Compare German Strauß, Luxembourgish Strauss.
Pronunciation
Noun
שטרויס • (shtroys) m, plural שטרויסן (shtroysn)
- ostrich
- Synonyms: שטרויספֿויגל (shtroysfoygl), בת־היענה (basyayne)
Usage notes
- Unlike the German and Luxembourgish cognate, does not bear the sense of "bouquet" (except possibly in Daytshmerish usages); largely displaced by בוקעט (buket) in that regard.
Derived terms
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “שטרויס” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “שטרויס”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “ostrich”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN