עלעקטראָסטאַנציע

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian электраста́нцыя (eljektrastáncyja), Russian электроста́нция (elektrostáncija), Ukrainian електроста́нція (elektrostáncija). By surface analysis, עלעקטראָ־ (elektro-) +‎ סטאַנציע (stantsye). Compare Azerbaijani elektrik stansiyası, Ingrian elektrostantsia, Kazakh, Kyrgyz электр станциясы (elektr stantsiyası), Turkmen elektrik stansiýasy, Uzbek elektr stansiyasi.

Noun

עלעקטראָסטאַנציע • (elektrostantsye) f, plural עלעקטראָסטאַנציעס (elektrostantsyes)

  1. power plant, power station
    Synonyms: עלעקטרײַ (elektray), קראַפֿטסטאַנציע (kraftstantsye)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “עלעקטראָסטאַנציע”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press
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