שפּינאַט

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
  • IPA(key): /ʃpɪˈnat/

Noun

שפּינאַט • (shpinat) m

  1. spinach
    Synonym: שפּינאַק (shpinak)

Derived terms
  • יונגער שפּינאַט (yunger shpinat, “baby spinach”)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “spinach”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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