עסערײַ
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
עסן (esn) + ־ערײַ (-eray). Likely a calque of English eatery. Compare Dutch eterij, uncommon German Esserei (“constant or excessive eating”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
עסערײַ • (eseray) f, plural עסערײַען (eserayen)
Derived terms[edit]
- גיך־עסערײַ (gikh-eseray)
References[edit]
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “eatery”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN