שרײַבמאַשין

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From שרײַבן (shraybn, to write) +‎ מאַשין (mashin, machine). Compare German Schreibmaschine.

Noun[edit]

שרײַבמאַשין (shraybmashinf, plural שרײַבמאַשינען (shraybmashinen), diminutive שרײַבמאַשינקע (shraybmashinke)

  1. typewriter

References[edit]

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