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Hebrew
Etymology
Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). Compare English disc, disk, French disque.
Noun
דִּיסְק • (disk) m (plural indefinite דִּיסְקִים)
- disk
Derived terms
Yiddish
Etymology
Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), probably via Belarusian дыск (dysk), Polish dysk, Russian диск (disk), Ukrainian диск (dysk).
Pronunciation
Noun
דיסק • (disk) m, plural דיסקן (diskn), diminutive דיסקל (diskl)
- (computer hardware) disk
- Synonym: דיסקל (diskl)
- (computer hardware) drive
- Synonym: דיסק־לייענער (disk-leyener)
- (music) album
- Synonym: פּלאַטע (plate)
- (of a phonograph) record
- Synonym: פּלאַטע (plate)
- (anatomy) spinal disc, intervertebral disc
- Synonym: שדרה־דיסק (shdrh-disk)
Derived terms
- אינעווייניקסטער דיסק (ineveynikster disk, “internal drive”)
- אינסטאַליר־דיסק m (instalir-disk, “setup drive”)
- אויספֿאָרמאַטירן אַ דיסק (oysformatirn a disk, “to format a disk”)
- דיסק־לייענער (disk-leyener, “disk drive”)
- דרויסנדיקער דיסק (droysndiker disk, “external drive”)
- האַרטער דיסק (harter disk, “hard drive”)
- קאָנטראַבאַנד־דיסק (kontraband-disk, “bootleg (illegal recording)”)
- שדרה־דיסק (shedre-disk, “spinal disk”)
- ווייכער דיסק (veykher disk), בייגעוודיסק (beygevdisk, “diskette, floppy disk”)
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “disk”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN