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Yiddish
Etymology
האַלב (halb) + אינדזל (indzl), a calque of Latin paenīnsula. Compare German Halbinsel, Danish halvø, Low German Halfinsel, Norwegian Bokmål halvøy, Swedish halvö.
Pronunciation
Noun
האַלבאינדזל • (halbindzl) m, plural האַלבאינדזלען (halbindzlen)
- (geography) peninsula
Derived terms
- אַלאַסקע־האַלבאינדזל (alaske-halbindzl, “Alaska peninsula”)
- אַפּענינער האַלבאינדזל (apeniner halbindzl, “Apennine peninsula, Italian peninsula”)
- אַראַבישער האַלבאינדזל (arabisher halbindzl, “Arabian peninsula”)
- באַלקאַנער האַלבאינדזל (balkaner halbindzl, “Balkan peninsula”)
- האַלבאינדזל סיני (halbindzl sinay, “Sinai peninsula”)
- איבערישער האַלבאינדזל (iberisher halbindzl, “Iberian peninsula”)
- סקאַנדינאַווישער האַלבאינדזל (skandinavisher halbindzl, “Scandinavian peninsula”)
- שאַוומוט האַלבאינדזל (shavmut halbindzl, “Shawmut peninsula”)
- טאַמאַן־האַלבאינדזל (taman-halbindzl, “Taman peninsula”)
See also
- (a spit (dry sandy peninsula)): יבשה־צונג (yaboshe-tsung)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “האַלבאינדזל” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “peninsula”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN