פּראָשיק

Yiddish

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from Polish proszek, with the ending changed to native ־יק (-ik).

Noun

פּראָשיק • (proshik) m, plural פּראָשקעס (proshkes)

  1. powder
    Synonym: פּודער (puder)
  2. medicine

Derived terms
  • פּראָשען (proshen, “to sprinkle”)

References

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

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