פּאָרט
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German port, borrowed from Old French port, itself borrowed from Latin portus (“harbor”). Sense 2 derives from English port, ultimately from Latin porta (“gate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
פּאָרט • (port) m, plural פּאָרטן (portn)
- port, haven, harbour
- Synonym: האַוון (havn)
- (computer hardware, networking) port
- Synonym: פֿאַרבינד־לעכל (farbind-lekhl)
Derived terms edit
- אַוויאַציע־פּאָרט (avyatsye-port)
- לופֿט־פּאָרט (luft-port)
- פּאָרט־אַרבעטער (port-arbeter, “dockworker, longshoreman”)
- פּאָרטשטאָט (portshtot)
- ים־פּאָרט (yam-port, “seaport”)
References edit
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּאָרט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “port”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN