המן־טאַשן
Yiddish
FWOTD – 17 March 2022
המן־טאַשן
Etymology
Probably from מאָן (mon, “poppy seed”) + טאַש (tash, “pocket”), altered to refer to המן (homen, “Haman”). The first element is from Middle High German mahe, from Old High German maho (“poppy”).
Pronunciation
- (YIVO) IPA(key): /ˈhɔmənˌtaʃn̩/
- (Litvish) IPA(key): /ˈhɔmə(n)ˌtaʃn̩/, /ˈhɔmə(n)ˌtasn̩/, /ˈhɔməntəs/
Noun
המן־טאַשן • (homen-tashn) m pl or f pl (singular המן־טאַש (homen-tash))
- hamantaschen (Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies traditionally eaten on Purim)
- 2013 February 22, גענאַדי עסטרײַך, “מאָסקווער פּורים־שפּילן”, in Forverts:
- אָבער פֿון פּורים האַלט פֿון קינדווײַז אָן, צוליב די המן־טאַשן. איך האָב ליב נאָר אַזעלכע המן־טאַשן, וואָס זײַנען מיט מאָן.
- ober fun purim halt fun kindvayz on, tsulib di homen-tashn. ikh hob lib nor azelkhe homen-tashn, vos zaynen mit mon.
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Further reading
- Map of dialectal variants for "homentashen" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz