שרײַבמאַשין

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From שרײַבן (shraybn, to write) +‎ מאַשין (mashin, machine). Compare German Schreibmaschine.

Noun edit

שרײַבמאַשין (shraybmashinf, plural שרײַבמאַשינען (shraybmashinen), diminutive שרײַבמאַשינקע (shraybmashinke)

  1. typewriter

References edit

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