פּעטרישקע

Yiddish

Alternative forms

פּיעטרושקע (pyetrushke), פּעטרושקע (petrushke), פּעטרעשקע (petreshke)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish pietruszka, Russian, Ukrainian петру́шка (petrúška), although note the shift in syllable stress.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtrɪʃkə/

Noun

פּעטרישקע • (petrishke) f

parsley (Petroselinum crispum)

Derived terms

(ס׳איז) הפֿקר פּעטרישקע ((s'iz) hefker petrishke, “anything goes!”, literally “it's abandoned parsley”)

Related terms

פּעטרישניק (petrishnik, “hedge parsley”)

References

Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּעטרישקע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “parsley”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

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