אַפֿענע

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Carpathian Ukrainian а́фина (áfyna). Compare also Hungarian áfonya, Romanian afină, the latter of which likely gave rise to the Ukrainian term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈafənə/

Noun

אַפֿענע • (afene) f, plural אַפֿענעס (afenes)

blueberry
Synonyms: בלאָע יאַגדע (bloe yagde), שוואַרצע יאַגדע (shvartse yagde), שוואַרצע בערעלע (shvartse berele)

Derived terms

אַפֿענדל (afendl)
אַפֿענעס־פּײַ (afenes-pay)

References

Justus van de Kamp et al., “אַפֿענעס” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “blueberry”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

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