כאַלאַפּעניאָ

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish jalapeño. Compare German Jalapeño, Russian халапе́ньо (xalapénʹo).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /χaɫaˈpɛnjɔ/, /χaɫaˈpɛɲɔ/

Noun edit

כאַלאַפּעניאָ (khalapenyom, plural כאַלאַפּעניאָס (khalapenyos)

  1. jalapeño (pepper)

References edit

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