פּראָשיק

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

Most likely borrowed from Polish proszek, with the ending changed to native ־יק (-ik).

Noun edit

פּראָשיק • (proshik) m, plural פּראָשקעס (proshkes)

powder
Synonym: פּודער (puder)
medicine

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

פּראָשען (proshen, “to sprinkle”)

References edit

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “פּראָשיק”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press