קאָקס

Yiddish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔks/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Koks, Polish koks, or Russian кокс (koks).

Noun

קאָקס • (koks) m

  1. coke (solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven)
Derived terms
  • קאָקסירן (koksirn, “to coke”)
See also
  • (cocaine): קאָקאַיִן (kokain)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Polish kok, from French coque, from Old French coque, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos).

Noun

קאָקס • (koks) m, plural קאָקסן (koksn), diminutive קעקסל (keksl)

  1. bun (of hair)
    Synonyms: גרעק (grek), קובליק (kublik)
See also

References
  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קאָקס”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “bun (hair)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “coke, n. (charcoal)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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