פּאָרטווײַן

Yiddish

Etymology

Cognate to or borrowed from German Portwein. Compare Polish portwajn, Russian портве́йн (portvéjn). By surface analysis, פּאָרט (port) +‎ ווײַן (vayn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrtvaɪ̯n/

Noun

פּאָרטווײַן • (portvayn) m

port, port wine

Coordinate terms

מאַדיירע (madeyre)
מאַרסאַלאַ (marsala)
שערי (sheri)

References

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

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