דיסק

Hebrew

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). Compare English disc, disk, French disque.

Noun

דִּיסְק • (disk) m (plural indefinite דִּיסְקִים)

  1. disk

Derived terms

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, a circular plate suited for hurling), probably via Belarusian дыск (dysk), Polish dysk, Russian диск (disk), Ukrainian диск (dysk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪsk/

Noun

דיסק • (disk) m, plural דיסקן (diskn), diminutive דיסקל (diskl)

  1. (computer hardware) disk
    Synonym: דיסקל (diskl)
  2. (computer hardware) drive
    Synonym: דיסק־לייענער (disk-leyener)
  3. (music) album
    Synonym: פּלאַטע (plate)
  4. (of a phonograph) record
    Synonym: פּלאַטע (plate)
  5. (anatomy) spinal disc, intervertebral disc
    Synonym: שדרה־דיסק (shdrh-disk)

Derived terms

  • אינעווייניקסטער דיסק (ineveynikster disk, internal drive)
  • אינסטאַליר־דיסק m (instalir-disk, setup drive)
  • אויספֿאָרמאַטירן אַ דיסק (oysformatirn a disk, to format a disk)
  • דיסק־לייענער (disk-leyener, disk drive)
  • דרויסנדיקער דיסק (droysndiker disk, external drive)
  • האַרטער דיסק (harter disk, hard drive)
  • קאָנטראַבאַנד־דיסק (kontraband-disk, bootleg (illegal recording))
  • שדרה־דיסק (shedre-disk, spinal disk)
  • ווייכער דיסק (veykher disk), בייגעוודיסק (beygevdisk, diskette, floppy disk)
  • דע־ווע־דע (de-ve-de), די־ווי־די (di-vi-di, DVD)
  • דיסקעט (disket, diskette)
  • קאָמפּאַקטדיסק (kompaktdisk), קאָמפּאַקטל (kompaktl, compact disk, CD)
  • קאָמפּאַקטל־שפּילער (kompaktl-shpiler, CD player)
  • ווידעאָ־דיסק (video-disk, videodisc)

References

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