פּאָרטווײַן

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

פּאָרטווײַן (portvaynm

  1. port, port wine

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References[edit]

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