טראָטואַר

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from French trottoir, possibly via German Trottoir, or contact languages Russian and/or Ukrainian тротуа́р (trotuár).

Noun

טראָטואַר • (trotuar) m, plural טראָטואַרן‎ (trotuarn)

  1. sidewalk
    Synonyms: לאַװע‎ (lave), טרעטאַר‎ (tretar)
    Antonym: פֿאָרוועג‎ (forveg)
    Hypernym: וועג‎ (veg)
    ‏אין האַלבן טאָג מונטערן אױף די װעשערינס טרױעריק און קיל אױף טראָטואַרן.‎‎
    in halbn tog muntern oyf di vesherins troyerik un kil oyf trotuarn.
    At noon the washerwomen cheer themselves up, sad and cool on the sidewalks.
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