בולבע

Yiddish

Etymology

From a Slavic language, probably Ukrainian бу́льба (búlʹba) or Belarusian бу́льба (búlʹba).

Noun

בולבע • (bulbe) f, plural בולבעס (bulbes)

1. potato (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable)

   Synonym: קאַרטאָפֿל (kartofl)

Derived terms

• קאַשע־בולבע (kashe-bulbe)

Further reading

• Map of dialectal variants for "potato(es)" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz