ערדשווײַן
Yiddish
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.אַן ערדשװײַן
Etymology
From ערד (erd, “earth”) + שווײַן (shvayn, “pig”), calque of Afrikaans erdvark.
Noun
ערדשווײַן • (erdshvayn) m
- aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
References
- Paul Abelson (1915), “aardvark”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press