קיפּל
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German kipfe (“roll of bread”). Compare German Kipfl (“(Bavaria, Austria) croissant”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
קיפּל • (kipl) m, plural קיפּלען (kiplen)
Usage notes[edit]
- Note that ראָגאַל (rogal) and ראָגאַלקע (rogalke) may also be used to mean "croissant", even though the rugelach is distinct to the croissant; compare Polish rogalik, Russian рога́лик (rogálik), and semantically also German Hörnchen.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “croissant”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN