פּוסטעניש

Yiddish

Etymology

פּוסט‎ (pust) +‎ ־עניש‎ (-enish). Most likely semantically influenced by Polish pustynia and pustoszyć (“to ravage, to devastate”).

Noun

פּוסטעניש • (pustenish) n, plural פּוסטענישן‎ (pustenishn)

  1. wasteland
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