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Yiddish
Etymology
Ultimately borrowed from Persian اسفناج (esfenâj). Cognate to or borrowed from German Spinat. Compare also Russian шпина́т (špinát) and Ukrainian шпина́т (špynát). Doublet of שפּינאַק (shpinak).
Pronunciation
Noun
שפּינאַט • (shpinat) m
- spinach
- Synonym: שפּינאַק (shpinak)
Derived terms
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “spinach”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN