טראַמווײַ
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
Via contact languages such as Belarusian/Russian/Ukrainian трамва́й (tramváj), Polish tramwaj, ultimately from English tramway.
Noun edit
טראַמווײַ • (tramvay) m, plural טראַמווײַען (tramvayen)
- (Australia, UK): tram
- (Canada, US) streetcar, trolley, trolley car, light rail
References edit
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “טראַמווײַ”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press