Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

Most likely Romanian țelină +‎ ־ניק (-nik).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛʎnɪk/, /ˈt͡sɛɫnɪk/

Noun edit

צעלניק (tselnikm

  1. celery
    Synonym: סעלעריע (selerye)
  2. (sewing) notion

References edit

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