präänik
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian пряник (prjanik, “gingerbread, spice cake”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -æːnik
- Hyphenation: prää‧nik
Noun edit
präänik (genitive prääniku, partitive präänikut)
- (cooking) a thick soft cookie made from a spiced dough containing honey or syrup
- glasuuritud präänikud ― glazed honey biscuits
- (figurative) a carrot (any motivational tool; an incentive to do something)
- präänikut, mis õpetaja tööle meelitaks, paljudel koolidel pakkuda pole ― many schools do not offer carrots that would attract teachers to work
- Synonym: porgand
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Declension edit
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References edit
- präänik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “präänik”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “präänik”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN