באַקאַליי

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl). Compare Ladino bakkal, Russian бакале́я (bakaléja). The sense "dried fruit" derives from Polish bakalie.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO) IPA^(key): /bakaˈlɛɪ̯/

Noun

באַקאַליי • (bakaley) f

1. (collective) groceries
2. dried fruit

Derived terms

• באַקאַלייניק (bakaleynik)
• באַקאַליישטשיק (bakaleyshtshik)
• באַקאַליי־קלייט (bakaley-kleyt)
• באַקאַליי־קראָם (bakaley-krom)

References

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